Re: Absolute frequency / Absolute color

[Diana Deutsch <ddeutsch@xxxxxxxx>]

Christian,

Actually you only need 12 categories for AP -at least for Western
tonal music - because of  octave equivalence. Perception of
differences in height between notes of the same pitch class are not
related to AP.

-Diana Deutsch




> Martin Braun wrote:
> >  ...this is not possible. There are millions of colors. Most of us,
> >  however, would have an absolute memory of 12 colors. Color circles
> >  of 12 colors are quite common and can be learned in a few minutes.
> >  The 12 tones of our octave can not be learned in years (with
> >  extremely rare exceptions), once you are older than 5-7 years
> An absolute memory of 12 colors corresponds to an absolute memory of
> pitch for 12 categories spanning the entire range of audible frequencies
> from 20-16.000 Hz (at my age). I suppose this can be learned in a few
> minutes. A hemitonic absolute pitch memory covering a musical relevant
> range of frequencies would correspond to an absolute memory of roughly
> 90 color shades (only hue, same saturation and brightness).
>
> - Christian