Approximately what percentage of people are believed to have perfect pitch?

redsoxfan325

In America it is estimated that 1 in 10,000 people have absolute pitch (known commonly as perfect pitch). http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb05/absolute.html Some more interesting info here, on how autistic people, blind people, and tonal-language-speakers are more likely to have absolute pitch. http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2004/14291.html Oct 08 08, 1:30 PM

zbeckabee

After 2,500 years of contemplation, musical pitch is as much an issue as ever. Musicians may have finally agreed on standardized 'concert pitch', but there is still no scientific consensus on what percentage of the population possesses 'perfect pitch', whether the skill is inherited or learned, or even how perception of pitch is achieved by the brain. http://home.earthlink.net/~douglaspage/id86.html Oct 08 08, 5:51 PM