How to take the perfect pitch test
- Choose the difficulty: white keys only (seven notes) or all twelve notes including sharps.
- Press Start test. A note plays; tap the note name you think it is. You can replay it as often as you like.
- After ten notes, see your score and share it.
Perfect pitch versus relative pitch
Absolute (perfect) pitch is the rare ability to name a note without any reference. Estimates suggest fewer than 1 in 10,000 people have it, although it is much more common among musicians who started training very young and among speakers of tonal languages such as Mandarin. Most musicians instead develop relative pitch: recognising intervals between notes once they hear a reference.
This test is designed to measure absolute pitch: notes jump between octaves and never repeat back to back, so you cannot work them out by comparing with the previous note. Guessing would give about 1.4 correct answers out of 10 on white keys and fewer than 1 on all twelve notes, so scores well above that suggest genuine pitch memory. Notes are tuned to A4 = 440 Hz and synthesised in your browser.
Can you learn perfect pitch as an adult?
Research suggests adults can improve note naming with practice, but true absolute pitch is rarely acquired later in life.
What score suggests perfect pitch?
Consistently 9–10 out of 10 on all twelve notes.
Is being bad at this test "tone deaf"?
No. Tone deafness is difficulty telling pitches apart at all; most people simply lack absolute pitch.