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Relative Pitch

The ability to identify notes and intervals by comparing them to a known reference pitch.

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This is the professional's ear. Interval drills and transcribing songs you love will build it at any age — a musician with great relative pitch and no perfect pitch beats the reverse every gig of the week.

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