# perfect pitch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 7, 1999, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-pitch/241 "1999-10-07T22:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 1999, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-pitch/241/1 "1999-10-07T22:18:00Z")
I graduated from the University of North Texas, famous for it’s jazz program, and i remember reading an article in the school newspaper about a girl who had perfect pitch. As far as being cosmically connected to the universe, the could identify what note her a/c hummed at; among other things. that’s pretty cool. also the related identifying notes the same way regular people identify colors, each has it’s own property. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-pitch/241/2 "1999-10-08T01:13:00Z")
Who cares about perfect pitch? … baseball season’s practically over anyway. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-pitch/241/3 "1999-10-08T02:45:00Z")
Are you referring to a SD column? Which one? Please include a link. Thank you. Jill ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-pitch/241/4 "1999-10-08T14:19:00Z")
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a910208.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a910208.html) ---
**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-pitch/241/5 "1999-10-08T19:09:00Z")
I just read the article linked to above, and I don’t understand the last line. A phone phreak with perfect pitch could whistle telephone touch tones? I thought touch tones were two notes at once. Could this guy whistle chords? ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-pitch/241/6 "1999-10-08T21:32:00Z")
Perhaps he could whistle an interference pattern trill? ---
**Author:** ![putrid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@putrid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/putrid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 1999, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-pitch/241/7 "1999-10-10T01:25:00Z")
The old phone phreak stories I recall involved single tones. Or maybe the guy was from Tannu Tuva? ---
**Author:** ![highlycaffeinated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@highlycaffeinated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/highlycaffeinated)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 1999, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-pitch/241/8 "1999-10-10T15:38:00Z")
The touch tones produced by the keys on the phone are composed of two tones. The tone that the phone phreakers used to use to take control of phone switches was a single tone - 2600Hz.