Perfect pitch makes transposed tunes feel as wrong as odd colors do

Evidence

Having perfect pitch is like color perception is to most of us: perfectly natural, done without a thought. It does not seem to be a great accomplishment to match the color of a banana on the color circle. People with perfect pitch report a G sharp just as matter-of-factly. Indeed, perfect pitch has its downside. Most people don’t notice if a tune is transposed up a full tone. This might be as unsavory as a blue banana to someone with perfect pitch. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2169

Categorization

• CANDY: The blue banana analogy for perfect pitch hearing transposed music is delightful and immediately shareable.