Friday, November 28, 2008

Xeno's Perfect Pitch Ear Training Master Course

This series of articles is designed to help you acquire perfect absolute pitch.

My time is limited, so many exercises I've invented work perfectly when you only have a minute here and there during the day. Others exercises are perfect when faced with a long boring trip in the car.

A graduate of Xeno's Perfect Pitch Ear Training Master Course will have the ability to instantly recognize any note heard and also to recall any pitch at will without an external reference. Fully developed, these skills will allow a person to do things which may seem impossible to some: To "play" any note on a paper version of a piano keyboard and hear and sing the correct note, or to correctly tune a guitar to perfect pitch without a tuner. Other benefits: improved creativity and vocal performance.

This course exists only in my mind, but I have started creating and testing the exercises.

Tools you'll need

  • This kit

  • A digital recorder, or memo pad on your cell phone

  • Free "AP Tuner" software (PC computers).

  • Access to a perfectly tuned piano, or electronic version of one.


Exercise 1: The "Hey Jude" method for recall of Middle C.

  • Record the first two notes on something you can keep with you all day.

  • Guess at random times during the day, and check to see if you were correct.

  • If you were wrong. Sing your wrong note and compare to the right one.


Exercise 2: Octaves: Be able to find and recognize the octaves above or below any note.

Exercise 3: Using other songs, be able to find any note in your head if given a Middle C.
[ C ] [ C#/Db ] [ D ] [ D#/Eb ] [ E ] [ F ]  [ F#/Gb ] [ G ] [ G#/Ab ] [ A ] [ A#/Bb ] [ B ] [ C ]


  • Hey (C)  Jude (A), don't (A) make (C) it (D) bad (G). Take (G) a ( A ) sad (Bb) song (?).

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