I feel like this article is more of a "Here's all the things I think about perfect pitch and my journey with music"
Maybe I took the title too literally.
As someone who wants to gain perfect pitch (and still feels mildly distant from this ability) one thing I can say has been the most helpful:
* Get a string instrument
* Strum the strings
* Try to tune the first string by ear
* Once you think you have it, check it against a chromatic tuner.
This way will you see how progressively your feeling of "in tune" can be measured in hertz.
I can get pretty pretty close (within about 5hz).
I used to have competitions with my children on who could get the note closest without a tuner. One of my kids got pretty good where they could almost nail it within 1 hz. It made things fun and a little less "maintenance".
The best way I can describe the process is you have a sensitivity to a threshold of being in tune. I hear the note but there is something inside myself, it almost feels like anxiousness that kinda peaks right before I hit the note and then stops when I "feel" I've hit that note I'm aiming for. As I've said, I can get within about 5hz which to a musician they can probably notice it is off but for the average ear, it feels muddy but close.
Long story short, practice with a tuner and within a year you'll surprise yourself.
Maybe I took the title too literally.
As someone who wants to gain perfect pitch (and still feels mildly distant from this ability) one thing I can say has been the most helpful:
* Get a string instrument
* Strum the strings
* Try to tune the first string by ear
* Once you think you have it, check it against a chromatic tuner.
This way will you see how progressively your feeling of "in tune" can be measured in hertz.
I can get pretty pretty close (within about 5hz).
I used to have competitions with my children on who could get the note closest without a tuner. One of my kids got pretty good where they could almost nail it within 1 hz. It made things fun and a little less "maintenance".
The best way I can describe the process is you have a sensitivity to a threshold of being in tune. I hear the note but there is something inside myself, it almost feels like anxiousness that kinda peaks right before I hit the note and then stops when I "feel" I've hit that note I'm aiming for. As I've said, I can get within about 5hz which to a musician they can probably notice it is off but for the average ear, it feels muddy but close.
Long story short, practice with a tuner and within a year you'll surprise yourself.