A person blessed with a Phonographic Memory has the ability to instantly recall and
name the origin of sounds, chords,
bass lines, drum fills, and
guitar licks from the records he/she/they heard in their youth. Everybody recognizes the opening licks of "Satisfaction", but a person with Phonographic Memory "...can
name that song in
one note."
It is not the hearing of a train whistle and being reminded of the long summer evenings in Iowa. It is not recognizing a song being played faintly in the background of a Budweiser commercial. It is directly related to the graphic recording ( the
LP or
45 rpm record, quite likely ) of those particular notes, and a instantaneous and pinpoint recognition of the song. Phonographic Memory (PM) is like muscle memory, as it is developed by repetition.
We gotta get Carlos on our team for this Trivia competition. The
dude knows every song ever recorded! All he needs to hear is
one note, and he can
name it. He has Phonographic Memory!