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

From WGBHnews.org:

Jazz singer Ella Fitzergerald was said to have perfect pitch.

Jazz singer Ella Fitzergerald was said to have perfect pitch.

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.

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