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Association between children learning Chinese and perfect pitch

Submitted by Jill on 18. May 2009 - 9:45.

How are perfect pitch and learning Chinese associated?

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America has published a study showing fluency in a tonal language such as Chinese helps develop perfect pitch.

"In my experience, musicians in China don't regard perfect pitch as anything remarkable because it's very common," says Deutsch the pyschologist author of the research.

http://www.medindia.net/news/Learn-Chinese-Hit-the-Right-Notes-51066-1.h...

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