Hi. Ds1 is 9 and a half and has been leading violin for around 4 years. He is currently grade 4 standard. He plays in 2 local youth orchestras and attends our council run Saturday music school.He has Aspergers and music has transformed him and his life. We've always been told that he has a very good ear for music which is great but when he had his violin lesson his tutor who is a pro violinist did a load of tests where he had to face away from the piano and she played random notes and then intervals and he got hem all right. She did a few other things and the upshot of this is that the thinks he may have perfect pitch. There are a few other things that she noticed which made her then say that she feels he is a very gifted musician. This is great news and we probably won't do anything g much about it as ds is so happy at the mo with everything g that we don't want to rockthe boat.
My question is just how unusual is it for kids to have perfect pitch?
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disorganisedmummy · 09/02/2016 09:25
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