Slovenská hudba, Vol. 45, No 3, p.244-281

Perfect Pitch and Its Effect on Music Perception

The study presents the topic of absolute pitch and its effect on music perception. The first chapter is theoretical and introduces information about previous domestic and foreign researches in the context of this topic. The study presents theories on absolute pitch origin, its different forms, connection with native language and relation with other phenomena, for example synesthesia, benefits and disadvantages which absolute pitch brings with. The second chapter describes the results of public research in which 153 respondents took part and in which the author tries to find out the general knowledge about perfect pitch, whether the respondents have personal experience with it and how much wide-spread it is in population. The third chapter, the experimental one, deals with the influence of absolute pitch on changes in respondents’ emotions. It offers information about factors which cause the change of emotions while listening to the music. In the end of the work the author tries to find an explanation for some unexpected results and offer possibilities for future researches.