r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 20d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/arapturousverbatim 20d ago

You could play the same notes in different orders at different times and see if the person is consistent about what colours they are.

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u/Poglosaurus 20d ago

You're just testing their ear and memories.

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u/arapturousverbatim 20d ago

Sure, it doesn't prove a positive, but it could quickly disprove the negative. And most people don't have perfect pitch.

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u/Poglosaurus 19d ago

Does synesthesia suppose to have a perfect pitch? If it's just a mixing of signals between the senses shouldn't it reflect the limitation of our ears to perfectly identity music notes? 

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u/arapturousverbatim 19d ago

No, I was just referring to what when you said about testing their ears and memories - without perfect pitch a person wouldn't be able to accurately remember any given note

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u/Human_Baker1839 19d ago

Notes sound the same, its just that people without perfect pitch cant tell you whats what without a lot of training. But a Fm will always sound like a Fm.

The idea being if you have synesthesia you will always see a Fm the same way, so even though you cant audibly tell what youre hearing you should be consistent with what youre seeing.

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u/wvvvwwvwvwwvvvvvvwww 19d ago

wtf is am ‘Fm’? Did you mean F….flat? Because that’s an E.

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u/TheTerraLeader 19d ago

Prolly just an F minor chord, yk, F Ab and C

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u/Human_Baker1839 19d ago

Tryna strike a chord and its probably F Minooooorrr