I can't believe I'm saying this, but... Recently, we made a video talking about how I was put onto Wikipedia under the article of "Absolute pitch," which is another name for perfect pitch. No way! Damn... Is that actually still up there? I'm gonna look it up. - No! They took me down!
- No! Someone removed it! No! You guys fought very valiantly and bravely. - Yes. Thank you, so much support.
- Thank you. ...to try and put me back onto the page. Because as we all know... I H A V E P E R F E C T P I T C H . And I don't. Maybe... Maybe Wikipedia knows something that we don't. I mean, I think I have perfect pitch, but... Maybe, maybe. I'm not sure. So I decided today that maybe we would try and learn about what it really means to be a notable musician with perfect pitch. The number one person here on Wikipedia is Charlie Puth, who I believe is a pop musician. I want to learn from him how I can become a better perfect pitch musician. Me too! - Yeah.
- Maybe I can get perfect pitch, too. This is an A. Uhhh... It is! It's already started. Whoa!! All right, so we have a video here, 2.7 million views, called... Oh...! Let's all watch together. Hey, what's up? I'm Maxwell, standing next to my buddy, Mr. Charlie Puth. Now, we know that you have perfect pitch. Yes, I do. "Yes, I do." - "It says on Wikipedia."
- Yes. Damn it. - I want that to be my introduction.
- Like, "Yes, I do." It's like, "Really?!" "Just check out Wikipedia." - So boss.
- Yeah. So we're gonna put that to the test. Hit that note, please. *piano sound* - Dude, that was fast!
- Dude! Did you see he was like, "A." A... He's like a tuning fork. Eddy: Yeah. - But you even got that, right? Nice.
- Yeah, that was an A for me. - A is a very recognisable pitch for musicians.
- Yeah, we tune it. I mean, it's on the violin especially as well. - I just tune A.
- Yeah. - But he was fast!
- He was so quick. I love how he looks just like, he's like... - "Come on."
- Yeah. - "Yeah."
- "Yeah, don't, don't insult me, man. Don't." It's an A, all right. Um... another note. *piano sound* - That's right.
- Dude... Mm...! Can I also just say, like... ...as someone that has perfect pitch. Sure, you have perfect pitch, but being tested on camera is- - It's different, yeah.
- It's like a pressure, right? - Yeah.
- It's like you can play normally, but then playing on stage, sometimes that pressure can get to you. Yeah. I got one for you. Duh... A. - That wasn't 0.5 seconds, though.
- My tinnitus just rang an A. One more. *piano sound* F. Oh, same timing! - Oh...!
- Oh, let's go! Okay, Charlie. I'm about the same timing as you. As we know, this is a god-given talent, a gift. Damn it! Where's my talent!? Thank you. - I'm very grateful for my god-given talent.
- Please... Sprinkle some more talent on me! I'm very fortunate. It actually works really well when making a record because when you're working with an artist, - I don't like the key, or they don't like the key.
- Yeah. I can just... kinda just do a little quick analysis in my mind, and then be like... "Okay, change the way I play this keyboard..." So does it work like that? Like... Do you do like a quick analysis? If you have perfect pitch, then suddenly you are able to like... It's like a computer. You just do a quick analysis. I don't know if you need perfect pitch to do that. Like, I mean, Keila was able to do that in the Ling Ling Workout recently. Just transposed on the spot. But I love the way he talks about it, it's like... "Yeah, just... We can do the quick analysis." - Now we're gonna get a little tougher with these sounds here.
- Okay. Probably not so much. Let's go to the harmonica, please. *harmonica sound* E. Oh, same timing! I thought E as well, but I didn't say it! It's probably because you already have the A in your ears. Nah, I think so. And also on violin, it's an open string. - Yeah...
- So it's a lot clearer to me. But anything in between that, I can't do it. Dude, I don't even get to do this. I need to "Hooja!" Hmm... Hold on. Do we have some other sounds? *xylophone sound* That's... three notes. Mhm. He's right. And also known as- - us common folk, as the Facebook...
- Also known as- Also known as first inversion. "Also known as first inversion." - Dude, he just had to drop that, like...
- Yeah! Dude, Charlie! Not only can you do the quick analysis, you understand the theory. One more sound! What do we got? *low ship horn sound* Ha ha! It's like, in between the C and C♯. I can't tell. Don't look at me. I'm just trying to get that note. Hmm... Wait a second! That's not a C♯! Oh, it's not? No. Can I get the tuner? It's an E♭! Oh! Wait, get your tuner. That's an E♭! That's not a C♯. *low ship horn sound* Ah... Whoa... Do you see that? - Oopsie!
- Uh-oh! All right, let's see what happens though. If they noticed that he made an oopsie. ...in between the C and the C♯, so it's... "Hm..." It's more of a C♯- - Did you hear that? He even went...
- Wait! Like, he lost his pitch grounding. But he just sang a different note. He did. He started with an E♭, - and then he went down to a C♯.
- Yeah. He went... Listen. ...in between the C and the C♯, so it's... - Oh no!
- He slipped. He actually started with an E- He matched the thing, but then he went... And he went to a C♯. - So he...
- Oh wow! He actually... I mean... Look, to be fair... He's on camera, there's pressure... You know, whatever. Like, he clearly has perfect pitch from the previous ones, but... - he did slip up here.
- Yeah. Oops! It's more of a C♯. "WoOO..." But it kinda gradually got up there. It wasn't like C♯ right away. It was just like "woOO..." It didn't go "woOO..." It was... *sings a single pitch* It didn't go "woOO..." I'd just say that's the Titanic before it goes down. That's really what I'd call it. I think that's when he realised. - He's like, "Oh, I think I got the wrong pitch."
- He's like, "Ah... got the wrong pitch!" - "But I'm just gonna go with it."
- He's like, "Ah... got the wrong pitch!" Dude, see, the interviewer doesn't even know. The editors don't know. - They just went with the C♯.
- No one knows, oh! - They're getting away with this!
- Yeah. Do a little ding on the glass. - Maxwell: Go ahead and-
- Charlie: Do I start with the pink one? - Maxwell: Let's go pink first, brother.
- Charlie: Okay. Charlie: That's a C♯. - Actually, so, if you play the boat sound again...
- He's right. C♯. Oh my gosh! This is a couple octaves up from the boat horn. - So here's this again.
- That's not. OH! I thought he realised before! All right, you don't need perfect pitch to hear that. - Any musician can tell that's not an octave relationship.
- Dude. That's a 7th. Look at his face right there. Brett: Oh... confusion. He's like... - He's like, "That doesn't sound like an octave."
- "Ooh!" Oh sh- That's the face of "I messed up." Oh no! And then that's the face of... "Mm, I have no idea if this is right or wrong." Maxwell: What about the blue? Maxwell: What can you tell us about the blue? Wait what? I didn't hear it. Is it an F♯? Wait, wait, wait, let me... It's like between F and F♯. It's... I'm just... ...doing a quick analysis. My analysis is very slow, but... That's an F♯. - Eddy: Correct.
- Charlie: And this one... That's like... it's... Okay, so that's like a... - F and an F♯ in between.
- Yep. So if F♯'s here and F's here, it's kind of in the middle. - Mhm.
- Kind of teetering and tottering. Charlie: Is this drinkable? - He wants to like, make-
- Yeah... He wants to change the pitch by drinking the water. It's bothering him that's slightly sharp. *sings* It's a little bit above an F♮, - so if I pour some out...
- Not too much, not too much. Charlie: Now it's closer to an F♯. - I just pour a little bit more.
- Not really. - It didn't change.
- That was still kinda... F-ish. Charlie: ...still an F♯. - If anything, I would think it went lower.
- Lower. I think it went lower. Oh no. It becomes... - Yeah, it's going lower!
- It's going lower! He's going the wrong way! It goes lower! Charlie: Still an F♯, but this- No, it's an F now! *sings the pitch* Dude, it's an F. *sings the pitch* - This note right here.
- Me too. C... but like a little bit flat. *sings the pitch* It doesn't sound like a C to me. Sounds like a B. *sings the pitch* A C is... *sings C* - ♪ Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti. ♪
- Oh, duh... yeah! Duh... Do... C...but like a little bit flat. If you listen to what he's singing, he's going "C..." But he's singing a... - B.
- B. - "C..." See, he's like, he's going, "C..."
- "C..." He's like... He probably noticed. "C... oh..." You know, he wandered into no-pitch land. Dude, I know what it feels like. Where's that note? He sang a C, and then he's like... "Crap, that's not the same note that I heard." - So he went down enough, trying to like, find it.
- Yeah. If this is a... *sings C* - He changed!
- He changed to a B! I heard that! It is a B. It is a B. Go ahead and jingle the bell there for us, sir. What do we got, Charlie? Charlie: That's an A♭. *Eddy sings the pitch* The thing with bells is this kinda like, split pitch. Do you hear [a lower pitch] or [a higher pitch]? I hear... *sings lower pitch* That's a G. I think it's a G. I hear a G. *sings the opening of Sibelius Violin Concerto* That's a G, right? *sings G* I hear that. But hey, he's the one on Wikipedia, so maybe I'm wrong. I shouldn't even be saying, like, I have no right. - Yeah, who are we to comment.
- I have no right to judge. Who are we to comment. Okay, that's hard. I would hate to do that on camera! 'Cause the pitch is changing, but I'm hearing... "Duh-duhhh!" Duh is a B, and duhhh... - It's like, it starts on an A♭ and goes down.
- Oh, so much pressure! - Yeah, that one is hard.
- Oh, so much pressure! - I don't think I could do that on TV.
- Poor Charlie just on the spot like that. - Oh no.
- Oh no. - Oh, now it's changing.
- Now it's changing. It's weird because it's doppling from a high note to a low note. So it's... So right there is... Oh, that's what I got! B and A♭! Yeah, I got nothing, just... B, A♭, B, A♭. And last but not least, we've got her, dear friend. Chunky monkey. There we go. *howls* *repeats the sound* I think it's a B, and then G♯...A...G♯. But I'm not sure about the lower ones. *howls* Chunky New York monkey is... starting with a B. Yeah. I agree with the B. I'm not sure about the lower notes, but it's kind of wacky anyways, like "ehhh," so... That type of stuff is like, - it's past any point of practicality to know.
- Yeah... Why do you want to know that? All right! - It seems like Charlie does have perfect pitch.
- Yeah. Though he does slip up under pressure a little bit. But then maybe I'm wrong. And maybe the tuner was wrong. - We need to adjust to the actual pitch.
- Yeah. - The Wikipedia's pitch.
- Yeah. It's kind of a shame that Wikipedia is like... I don't know, "Only Charlie Puth gets to have perfect pitch." But then like, his perfect pitch isn't even that perfect. - Like, nothing against Charlie.
- Nothing... Like, he's a great musician. It was more so that Wikipedia... - Yeah, actually, Wikipedia!
- ...that said no. And they refused to put me on the Wikipedia page! It will still be a very amazing support if all of you can gently communicate to the Wikipedia editors to show them that I do indeed have perfect pitch. But I also understand if I do not fit their criteria... Maybe I need to show up on this... iHeartRadio. - Yeah...
- Like, iHeartRadio, test me! - I can do it, too!
- Yeah, no, any media. I don't have perfect pitch. I got nothing to say. I'm just here on the sidelines supporting... ...all the pitches... Wait what? I support all pitches! Please, I just... one day, just sprinkle some perfect pitch. It sounds like a... Subscribe...mezzo forte!
