THE VIDEO SHELF · perfect pitch
How Children Develop Perfect Pitch
Rick Beato discusses a theory of why some children develop perfect pitch, based on early exposure to music. He draws on his experience with his own children.
Why HN readers recommended it
Pointed to in threads on training absolute pitch in children as a practitioner's account.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Rick Beato
- Topic
- perfect pitch
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Rick Beato has some videos about how he trained his kids: [VIDEO] I never tried anything similar nor have a music background but found it fascniting to watch it
mantesso on Hacker News · 2019-12
In Ask HN: Playlists for teaching perfect pitch to toddlers?Rick Beato has done a lot of videos on perfect pitch. His son has perfect pitch, but he does not. How Children Develop Perfect Pitch - [VIDEO] Perfect Pitch vs Relative Pitch: Which Is More Important? - [LINK] Why Adults Can't Develop Perfect Pitch - …
lylejantzi3rd on Hacker News · 2025-05
In Infants and Babies can become pitch-perfect with early exposure to certain music
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