khafra comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: khafra 06 April 2012 01:21:30PM 0 points [-]

At first, I found it unbelievable. Then, I remembered that I have imperfect perfect pitch: I learned both piano and french horn; the latter of which is transposed up a perfect fourth. Especially when I'm practicing regularly, I can usually name a note or simple chord when I hear it; but I'm often off by a perfect fourth.

Introspecting on the difference between being right about a note and wrong about a note makes me believe people can confuse major and minor, but still enjoy music.