The author presents an overview of contemporary research in perfect pitch and the absolute method, discusses results of her survey on the importance of perfect pitch in musicians, and presents results of experimental activities stimulating perfect pitch in children at early school age. The aim of the experimental research was to answer the question of whether it was possible to effectively stimulate perfect pitch abilities in children at early school age. An experimental ear training program with the use of the absolute method was directed onto children in year one of music school. The effects of the stimulation were applied to two control groups trained by using the relative mFollowing the study, it was found that: perfect pitch can be shaped in a conscious way; the ability develops primarily in early childhood; the process of forming the capacity for absolute hearing begins with memorizing the seven standard pitches of the diatonic scale of C major. The research also confi rmed a high attractiveness of perfect pitch for professional musicians and proved that the ability to consciously stimulate the capacity for absolute hearing in children aged 7–8 years speaks for the use of the absolute method in the initial stage of studies in music schools.