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From: jerry@synopsys.com (Jerry Huth)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Perfect Pitch
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Date: 2 Apr 91 07:09:35 GMT
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>        It seems clear - from our experience with visual color - that 
>recognizing frequencies according to an absolute scale is something 
>the brain can do.  When we see green, we see it regardless of the 
>"relative green" of surrounding colors.  It is interesting, therefore, 

Unfortunately, you're wrong on this point.  

Try this experiment:

Get a really good pair of Blue Blocking sunglasses.  Put them on.  
At first, everything appears reddish.  After a minute, things look
normal again.  Then take the glasses off, and at first everything
appears blue.  After a minute, things look normal again.

This shows that our brains do not detect light waves
on an absolute basis.