Do you have PERFECT PITCH?! | Q+A #49

Also, how to listen to jazz, and the relationship of music theory to history.

Thanks to Matthew Van Ness, Jack N, d d, Christian Nally and CJAM for your questions!

0:11 Do you have perfect pitch?
4:29 How to listen to Jazz
6:56 Music analysis and history
9:28 The hyperreality of gig vlogs
10:31 What are your thoughts on Lucky Chops Brass Band?

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[Patricia_Taxxon]

This anti-clickbait is gonna take over youtube.

[sophiaredwood]

Perfect pitch here, I was half-asleep listening to this video and totally jolted awake when I heard a E flat and he called it a D

[DavidM-duxo]

Adam: I'll play a note
Me: *guesses D"
Adam: "it's a D natural"
Me: "yes!"
Adam later in the video: "this keyboard is tuned a half step sharp."
Me: *facepalms*

[imramblin]

Imagine learning perfect pitch on an out of tune piano, no longer having the ability to listen to music without the feeling of something being off. That's an upsetting thought.

[Troy_Aesthetics]

I have imperfect pitch, where I don’t have relative or perfect pitch

[samwurdemann]

0:59 - Is your keyboard a half-step lower or something? I DO have perfect pitch, and I heard that as an E Flat.
1:31 - And that's a C, not a B!

2:52 - GOD DAMMIT

[fishwithafez]

A question for your next Q&A

If humans had 3 legs, would marches be in 3/4?

Thanks!

[wallywutsizface]

I want to thank you for your lack of clickbait. You straight up answer the title of your videos in the title a lot of the time, and give actual in-depth explanations in the video.

[jamaaldavis]

I *have* perfect pitch and I gotta say, I was pretty enraged when you said that "Eb" was "D"... and then I watched the rest of your video hahaha. You're right on the money 👍🏾

[lance]

2:52... people with perfect pitch got *PRANK'D*

[cookieprev]

The thumbnail made it so anti clickbait I had to click

[TarksGauntlet]

Damn. The first note you played I guessed as D and I was proud of myself.

..You monster.

[jackhmaynard]

The 8 minutes you spent on Sir Duke was some of your best content ever. Also glad to hear you are a Dan Carlin listener. Makes sense, as his approach to history is similar to your approach to music theory. Thanks for doing what you do.

[Esraug]

I’ve always been confused with whether or not I had perfect pitch. I thought maybe I was being too cocky and only had relative pitch. But when you played the D and it came out as Eb I noticed it almost right away. When you played the B and it came out C I instantly assumed you’d address it later or something because I was so confident of the notes I was hearing. That’s the difference between relative and perfect. Perfect needs no introduction. You hear a note and know it. Relative is just everything else. You can hear the differences but not the exact notes without introduction. Great vid as always man

[sardonicgoat]

Hahaha. I thought something was wrong with my ears when you said the first two notes were D and B. Started to think it was possible to lose perfect pitch. Good one.

[NameIsNotAvailable]

As a person with perfect pitch, that's an Eb at the beginning.

OH MY GOSH why do I not wait

[bryanpasian]

Adam: I would correctly identify this note as a D
Me: THATS NOT A D! That's E FLAT!

Edit: Just saw 2:52. He got me good.

[balthasardenner]

I love all that there are all these think pieces about how to listen to and appreciate jazz, when the only thing you need to do is smoke a bowl.

[aloysiuskurnia]

*plays a "D major"*
"Wait this doesn't sound like Canon in D at all"


Anyone else here use some kind of musical piece to refer to absolute pitch?

[NahreSol]

I really enjoyed this Q+A, Adam. I love how you answer the questions, and especially liked what you said about the "hyper-real" aspect of the gig vlogs. 👍