Perfect Pitch Cheat Sheet

When I hear a note, I ask myself if it's the first note to the following songs ... (update)

C - half of the songs written in the last 100 years ;p
D - "Memory of Mother," from Snow Fairy Sugar
E - "Hace Mucho, Mucho Tiempo" from Pan's Labyrinth
F -
G - the first note to the chorus of "Piano Man"
A - "Fake Wings," from .hack//SIGN
B -

C# - second note from "Lilium," from Elfen Lied
D# - first note from Mozart's most famous song from "The Magic Flute," and several other classical pieces
F# - first note from "Lilium"
G# - third note from "Lilium"
A# -

The problem I have with F when I hear it with no other notes is that, to my mind, it sounds very similar to C. But as I begin to get a better appreciation from absolute C (rather than relative C, i.e. C next to other notes), I begin to get a better appreciation for F as well -- because I recognize it as "faux C."

B, likewise, is difficult with zero additional help from subsequent notes. I have songs which I associate with B, such as a Jewish song I learned in middle school or a recorder song I learned in elementary school, but those are usually only after the fact-recognition, and not before the fact-recognition of the note's identity.

The sharps were providing me with a great challenge for quite a while since so few songs begin with them. And then I discovered that the first three notes to "Lilium" are F#, step up to C#, and step back down to G#. And now it's easy street. ;D

Anyway, hopefully I won't need these training wheels much longer, and I can sit one of those exams and answer the questions just as quickly and accurately as my friends Garrett and Lydia can. But until then!