perfect pitches

Noun

perfect pitch (countable and uncountable, plural perfect pitches)

1. (uncountable) The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.

   Synonyms:

   absolute pitch

   Antonyms:

   tone-deafness

2. (figuratively, uncountable) By extension, a reliable innate sense of exactly what is true, appropriate, or needed in a given particular situation.
   • Bujalski has perfect pitch: an instinct for how language meanders, and the lacunae it circles around.2015, Sophia Nguyen, “Mumblecore's Maestro: The perfect pitch of filmmaker Andrew Bujalski”, in Harvard Magazine, September-October 2015
3. (uncommon) The exact pitch of a note, described by its frequency in vibrations per second.