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I have perfect pitch and find it impossible to "turn off" the analysis of music - what key is it in, what's the chord progression, and so on. Whether it has lyrics or not doesn't matter, it completely kills any productivity in any other cognitive activity. Only "noise" type sounds work for me when I'm trying to concentrate, like recordings of gentle rain or a babbling brook.


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