Q: What's the difference between absolute and perfect pitch?
A: 'perfect pitch' means absolute pitch but i think it's a misleading name. i think 'perfect pitch' is a misleading name for absolute pitch because it sounds like it means 'having a perfect sense of pitch' like knowing if something is in tune or not. but that's not quite what absolute pitch means. absolute pitch is a very non musical ability, and there is shockingly little crossover between great musicianship and great absolute pitch. absolute pitch means you can tell if the note you're hearing now is in tune with some other note you heard in your childhood. but what really counts in music is whether you can tell if a note you're hearing now is in tune with other notes that are also happening now