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I don't think this is actually much of a big deal, but I can tune a guitar by ear no matter how out of tune.
My uncle is a guitar afficionado, and we got into an argument when I said I could. He said you needed some kind of reference note or something like that. Wouldn't give up. So I grabbed a guitar, scrambled all the tuning and tuned it.
He bowed in awe, but I think he just never realized he's not as musically inclined as he'd like to be? Maybe it's not common, but I highly doubt it's impressively rare.....
Sounds like you might have perfect pitch which only ~1 in 10,000 have. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch
You can be born with it but apparently its entirely teachable too, however you need to be ~3-4 years old IIRC.
I don't know....I don't think so. I don't know a B from a D from an E. I chalked it up to tuning guitars many times before with tuners and just remembering in my head what those notes are supposed to sound like.
I don't think I could reliably hit the right pitch when singing random songs I know. Maybe close? That doesn't seem special to me, people sing all the time....
Welcome to the hell of perfect pitch.
Please elaborate lol
Because I can detect the slightest variations in pitch I almost never sing as I am not a good singer. Nails on a chalkboard. With other people I can ignore it.