Perfect Pitch: The World's Greatest Ear! Part 4

8 year old Dylan's 3rd Ear training video. I miss labeled the title of the 4th video by accident. This is actually the 3rd video.

Twitter - @rickbeato

[alex]

-You're a wizard, Dylan...
-I'm a whhaat?

[chewyflea]

Dylan you are a real life super hero ! nothing short of a Stan Lee super human !

[willmarkley]

So impressive. I'm far from perfect pitch, but I love ear training. I've often used this exercise with friends (less complicated chords obviously ha). Really lovely to watch a father and son at work

[MrSuperbatone]

It is the sorrow of my life that I haven't got anything remotely like perfect pitch. I could not call out notes, not even middle C, like young Dylan if my life depended on it. Despite this, I am a professional musician, composer, improvisor and performer, always writing and practicing. AND I've worked hard with "Perfect Pitch" programs.

I play and write as IF I had perfect pitch. But unless I am actually LOOKING at the piano keys, and physically holding them down, I can't tell one note from another. When reading music, especially chords, I must stop and point at each note on the page, "cipher out" the chord, making sure my fingers are on the right keys. For a chord with lots of accidentals, this could take several minutes. And that is no guarantee I will remember it the next time it comes up. Writing music is exactly the same, but in reverse. By sheer persistence, eventually I prevail. But there are constant pitfalls. When playing a standard, e.g., "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, " frequently I will come out of the bridge, only to find I'm playing in the wrong key altogether and have no idea how I got there or how to get back. I compose and arrange for band, but can't demonstrate the pieces to other musicians or correct wrong notes easily. Et Cetera!

For me, music is humiliating and exhausting, like drilling through solid rock. But it is the thing I love the most and do the least badly! Am I in denial?? Does Dylan by any chance do Vulcan Mind Melding? Thank you for letting me rant.

[BeardoGM]

He just played all the notes from the game LA Noir.

[ezetosan]

And I thought I had a good ear... I feel so dumb right now hahaha

[justinmaloney]

I could learn a few things from this, however i dont understand what Dylan is saying sometimes.

[MarsLos]

Those videos have inspired me so much. I discovered Dylan (and other people with PP) about a month ago, and I got so envious of this gift, I wish I had PP too. So I practiced hard to at least develop a fairly good Relative Pitch. And here I am now, after a month of ear training, I can sing C D E G A and Bb with no reference, and can identify all the white piano keys from the middle octaves on piano, and most of the black keys in the same octaves. Too low or high notes are trickier for me and I make some mistakes now and then, but even in that case I got better through training.
I'm still working hard, and I'm also trying to master note intervals as I hear a song on the radio. :)
All I want to say is a huge THANK YOU mr Rick Beato for sharing your and Dylan's story on Youtube, because you helped me become a much better musician.

[TheGBPM]

I wish you'd do 'normal' chords, such as simple maj, minor, min 9, min 6, dim, +5, -9 +9, sus, etc etc.. so we can actually see how he's getting all the notes. These 'chords' you're playing are a bit complicated for the average listener. imo. This kids way over my head if he's actually getting all these notes correct.

[FluffersTheFirst]

Unbelievable. I've got perfect pitch and try to figure out the chord along with him but it takes me far far longer. He has the best ears I've ever seen.

[johnhaslam]

This is really great, it is. But it's not like you can't be the best musician in the world if you don't have perfect pitch. Some people, like me, have relative pitch, which some might argue is more important.

[Arpus]

What did the young Wizard say at 1:54?

[josephriley]

This is one lucky kids to win the born in the right womb lottery. Make sure to instill humility and he's set.

[richardbonde]

When he says the name of the chord, I can assign all of the sounding notes to it. But without knowing the name, I just feel lost in the dissonance. I mean, I have perfect pitch and I handle three to four-note chords easily. But I just get my mind blown when he guesses B major over C major. Wow.

[JasonBelue]

This is remarkable! Is it possible to learn perfect pitch later in life, or would one be able at best to only improve pitch recognition? and to what degree? Thanks for sharing this video. It really is amazing what your son can do.

[manualonso]

Hi idk why it’s so tough for me to recognise chords with more than 3-4 notes. I can say which notes are all sounds(90%) and obv all the notes in all instruments but idk why I miss if I hear more notes are the same time. I simple listen to like a cloud or idk of sonorities but it’s so difficult for me to find all the notes. What can I do to improve this? Can u upload a video of games to improve it playing idk thanks!

[ThomasMTV]

Дилан, моргни 3 раза подряд в ре-минор, если тебя удерживают насильно 🗿

[RangelGabriel]

Que garotinho fofo! <3

What a cute boy! <3

[vinhle]

Dear @Rick Beato. Sometimes I find a combination of notes which sounds really nice on my piano but I am not sure how to name it and how to write down correctly. For instance, I would wonder whether this not should be G sharp or A flat. So, did you make any videos teaching this? Please let me know if you did, and please do one if you haven't. Many thanks.

[charlesbernard]

AWESOME and he's so quick to recognize the pitches!! I'm not trying to boast, but I've had that ability all my life and you can appreciate the advantage that is for musicians. Being a lifelong musician, I can tell all of the notes and tonalities ( traditionally ) that are being played ( singularly and multiply ) and can tell when intonation goes flat or sharp. When I sing with choirs and they go flat, i can adjust and not be bothered by the change in pitch. I'm lucky here whereas many, who also have perfect pitch, hear all the overtones as well and go crazy when they hear anything out of tune. I'm curious whether your son can adjust to intonation ( out -of -tuneness ). Can he hear the overtones as well? Thanks for your innovative insights and the work you are doing!!