Perfect Pitch Training (Musical Aptitude)

Those with perfect pitch (musical aptitude) have developed the right brain left brain connections that allow them to play and compose music perfectly from memory. Babies who receive perfect pitch training will often have an advantage when taking singing or music lessons as they grow older.

Have you ever heard a song you listened to hours or days earlier playing in your head like a recording? The ability to transfer what you hear perfectly through a musical instrument is your right brain left brain working together in unison. To a music genius like Mozart, this came very easily. But even more unique, he heard completely new compositions in his mind, sometimes so quickly, that he scarcely had enough time to record it to paper.

Some say Mozart and other musical greats heard the "music of the spheres" - melodies echoing from the universe. I think that's an amazing concept. one which ties into our discussion on subconscious intuition.

This "listening ear" comes naturally to some, but for the rest of us, we can develop this ability with perfect pitch training. Shinichi Suzuki, creator of the Suzuki Method, uses an excellent perfect method as he trains his youg students how to play an instrument, not by reading music, but by listening to it. This really is the accelerated learning right brain way to learn music and it has produced some incredible young musicians. (See suggested book and CD below).

Five Perfect Pitch Training Methods to Use with Your Baby

1. If you have a piano or any tuned musical instrument, Sit with your baby and play on note, then tell him/her what that note is. And continue as long as your baby is alert and paying attention. Try humming the notes while playing them as long as you can hum in the same key!

2. What we used with our son is a set of tuning forks. You can tap and hold them close to your baby's ear and the sound resonates.

3. Play classical music as much as possible. Use the Baroque (Largo tempo) because its cadence is the same as the alpha brain wave state. See our music CD selections below.

4. Google "sounds of musical instruments". You'll find lots of sites, some of which have free sounds of dozens of musical instruments you can listen to with your baby. They even have pictures with the sounds.

5. Watch the great video below for a great perfect pitch training game played by two teens.

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