<p>Yes, it seems like this ability can be acquired with practice.</p>
<p>In <a href="http://www.paulheinz.com/paul-heinz-blog/2019/12/17/identifying-notes-without-perfect-pitch" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Identifying Notes without Perfect Pitch</a>, the author picked twelve familiar songs, each of which started on one of the twelve pitches of the chromatic scale. Once he memorized the song-pitch association, he was able to recognize 10 out of of 12 pitches.</p>
<p>Some users of <a href="https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4061/able-to-recall-music-in-its-correct-key-but-dont-have-perfect-pitch-what-is">Music Stack Exchange</a> mention similar results. For example, one person says they can remember the pitch of their tuning fork, and another suggests the song approach: &quot;If hearing a note instantly reminds you of a song, then I think you <em>are</em> identifying that note, just by the song name, not the note name (that you may or may not happen to know).&quot;</p>

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<p>Those how have an absolute pitch can name the note when they hear it. For those who don't have this ability is it possible to remember a pitch of at least one note?</p>

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Is it possible to memorize the sound of a certain pitch?
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# Is it possible to memorize the sound of a certain pitch?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-14)

Those how have an absolute pitch can name the note when they hear it. For those who don't have this ability is it possible to remember a pitch of at least one note?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-12-18. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Yes, it seems like this ability can be acquired with practice.

In [Identifying Notes without Perfect Pitch](http://www.paulheinz.com/paul-heinz-blog/2019/12/17/identifying-notes-without-perfect-pitch), the author picked twelve familiar songs, each of which started on one of the twelve pitches of the chromatic scale. Once he memorized the song-pitch association, he was able to recognize 10 out of of 12 pitches.

Some users of [Music Stack Exchange](https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/4061/able-to-recall-music-in-its-correct-key-but-dont-have-perfect-pitch-what-is) mention similar results. For example, one person says they can remember the pitch of their tuning fork, and another suggests the song approach: "If hearing a note instantly reminds you of a song, then I think you *are* identifying that note, just by the song name, not the note name (that you may or may not happen to know)."


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