Comments by "" (@johnwattdotca) on "Perfect Pitch: The Cognitive Benefits BEYOND Music" video.

  1. In the 1970s, when I was a lead guitarist-vocalist playing six-nighters in bar bands and show-bands in Toronto, I would practice during the day with keyboard players who had synthesizers. We'd take turns playing notes, me with my heavy electronic effects, and the keyboardist with his synth sounds, trying to guess what it was. We had to do that so we could tell not only what key the song was in, if we were jamming out a request, but also be able to tell what chord was used, sometimes hard to tell the difference between major and minor. When you are playing with pitch-bending effects, you can develop a stronger sense of pitch yourself. Scientific tuning, using an oscilloscope to tune guitar intonation, is different from tempered tuning. It would be interesting to see if you can produce more videos with this information in mind. I recommend "This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, by Daniel J. Levitin, a Montreal, Canada, professor who also records as a guitarist. His next book was also a best-seller.
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