Autism and musical ability

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So, I have HFA and I'm in my school orchestra--have been since third grade. I recently found out I can identify notes by ear, which is called perfect pitch. I've heard it's more common with Aspies than with NTs. Is this true, or am I just freaky?

wish I could answer that question, but I do have to warn you that as you grow old, your pitch-sensing acuity will deteriorate surely, it happens often. my own perfect pitch deteriorated markedly after age 50. now I am only good within a semitone or so, and that is still iffy.

Hmm, I'm not sure about perfect pitch, but it does seem like people with Asperger's who like playing music tend to be really good at it. For example, I can play the flute quite well, and a former friend of mine with Asperger's was a really good singer. Also, I have synesthesia (Not sure if I spelled that right...). It's where two senses get connected in the brain or something. For me, it means I see colors when I listen to music. Supposedly 2-3% of the population has this, although with any of the five senses, not just sound and sight. I'm curious if people with Asperger's are more likely to have it though?

I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I'm not really good enough to be part of a serious band.

this aspie has long been frustrated by a lack of musical talent. I'd be a musician if I had some.

I play a lot of instruments, I am not very good at any of them, I am especially bad with playing along with other people, but I think I have developed an unusual style which I guess is an aspie like thing to do.

Eh I'm guessing since many aspies have a special obsession that we spend a lot more time working on then an NT would, i think that...

yes, some of us would be more likely to be musically talented.

Those of us whose special interests are music creation that is.

I like to produce my own music on the computer, this for example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLDypS0x3zk

What does everyone else think? Could some of us be more talented at music because we just plain have more time or make more time to work on it?

Musically able to the point where I annoy other people :/

If Im really low-energy and in sensory overload I yell at people if they are playing/singing/humming/whistling a song and not hitting the right notes. Somehow it just makes me cringe. People tell me over and over that i shouldnt yell at them for that reason, since most people just dont know this stuff. And doesnt care.

I play the piano/flute/guitar, all selftaught. To me its like math. Working out what goes where, and which notes goes together for the best result. It is a Math.

I tried band in high school, but quit. Band for me ended up being too much, for me to handle. I do listen to music though.

I have two left thumbs when it comes to music.

the bass pedals on the organ remind me that it seems like I have two left feet [or is it two right feet?] on one side all too often.

What did you find hard about it?

The social aspects like communication?

Commitment to practice?

The dedication to studying musical theory?

I've found I'm very disorganized with my music. Are the one's here that like to make music intensely focused on it or just flexible and disorganized. What do you guys think?

Haha, know the feeling. Electronic Music requires adding a lot of "layers" upon layers of different sounds.

I did need to re-work my math skills to work things out.

Like for example my piano might have to be 5.5 measures while the bass only 4.2 for the two to blend together.

Even one beat, measure, or second off and the music can really sound very bad.

Everything needs to be organized and precise. Just like math. Working with seconds, beats per minute, measures, decibels, hz, etc. All numbers, charts and measuring lines.

Ugh, it's so annoying when people hit the wrong notes. It just really ruins a song. A beautiful tune killed by the wrong key being pressed on the keyboard. It's like a glitch in a video game, it's small and incorrect but still very annoying.

I love music because i can do it on my own and its something i understand more than the rest of the world. I love music and it can help me connect with all sorts of people.

if only it wasn't so hard to do.

Putting together two notes can make my day, really. Its like tasting something new like coffe with licorice, and then remebering the taste through out the rest of the day. But i usually write bigger bits down to remember them.

Am i the only one who finds the different approaches to music and art a bit off? In art, your general approach is to get your own style and develop your own skills and produce stuff. Even as a beginner. In music you start off by playing pieces that other people have written. For example, the first piece i learned was "Für Elise" on the piano. Thats like starting off an art class by students painting the f*****g Mona Lisa. But you just dont do that. Why is there this difference?