Perfect Pitch: Unlocking Jacob Collier’s musical brilliance

We’re very pleased to bring you this episode, and more to come in the future, thanks to our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast that tells the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.

People with perfect or “absolute” pitch hear every single sound as precise musical notes. Is this extraordinary talent a blessing or a curse? In this episode, our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz dive into the neuroscience, pluses, and pitfalls of absolute pitch. Featuring neuroscientist Daniel Levitin and Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier.

Art by Mafalda Maia.

Music featured in this episode:

Hide and Seek by Jacob Collier

Light It Up On Me by Jacob Collier

Down the Line by Jacob Collier

To Sleep by Jacob Collier

All I Need by Jacob Collier

Bakumbe by Jacob Collier

Hideaway by Jacob Collier

Colrain by Marble Run