Why are people able to acquire absolute pitch only during early childhood ?: Training age and acquisition of absolute pitch

Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-496

  Sakakibara, Ayako ^a  

^a Ichionkai Music School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch; Acquisition of absolute pitch; Critical period; Preschool children; Tone height and chroma

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444379678     PISSN: 00215015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5926/jjep1953.52.4_485     Document Type: Article

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