Hey man that is a fariy tale, honestly it just takes brute force and lots of practice. Tone gym is a great place to being in your ear training journey

Perfect pitch has to be developed at a young age. Fortunately for the other 99.99% of us without this blessing, relative pitch can be developed at any age. In truth improving your ear in your 30s is certainly more difficult than it would have been if you began as a child or teenager. Your brain has way less neuroplasticity as an adult and you likely have much less free time and energy to devote towards practice. But your ear absolutely, empirically can be improved. Almost every older person coming into music and ear training has this same fear that they missed the window in which they could have learned to hear these things. Its not true. The reason you can't hear the individual notes in chords yet is because this is an advanced skill and you are only just beginning your ear training journey, not because you are too old. As for how to go about developing this skill, thats a much harder question to answer, but if you stay active on here ( or scroll down a little ) you will find people discussing their approach and giving tips all the time. It takes a long time and a lot of effort. Stay consistent, good luck

Don't worry. I started at 48 and it developed well. Take your time. I also thought that I could never recognise intervals or chords. But after a lot of exercises here, it works. Good luck!

i'm pretty certain at this point that anyone at any age can master relative pitch. it just takes a lot of time and a lot of fanatic attitude and dedication, you really need to want it. it just is easier to have those things as a kid/teenager.

i, for example, attempted gaining these skills at various periods in life between 18 and 30, only now at 33 i'm succeeding at a way faster rate than when i was younger. the only difference is that i'm much more passionate about this, have the right(ish) approach and it's a question of life and death now for me now.

It is never too late !

I'm with you @Dima G. I'm obsessed with this ear training. So stick with it and try to make it a daily habit @Yuki Lee. And read these posts. I've gotten a lot of great tips from my fellow fanatics that really helped with these games.