News, Want Perfect Pitch? You Might Be Able To Pop A Pill For That (2014, story)

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In the world of music, there is no more remarkable gift than having perfect pitch. As the story goes, Ella Fitzgerald's band would use her perfect pitch to tune their instruments.

Although it has a genetic component, most believe that perfect pitch — or absolute pitch — is a primarily a function of early life exposure and training in music, says Takao Hensch, professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard.

Want Perfect Pitch? You Might Be Able To Pop A Pill For That : NPR