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Pitch Perception Skewed By Modern Tuning

Posted by kdawson on from the pretty-good-pitch dept.

The feed deliverers us news of research suggesting that the use of A as the universal tuning frequency has made our ears less discerning of the notes immediately around it. Here's the abstract from PNAS describing research with people possessing the rare quality of "absolute pitch."

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  1. Bring on the penis jokes! by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    PNAS! Come on!

    I know we've done it before, but that doesn't stop us. Allow me to demonstrate:

    In Soviet Russia, us stops that! Frist psot! Reductium Ad Hitler.

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    Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
  2. MOD PARENT UP by raddan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    foo (lameness).