An example of this was pointed out to me, as a child you're taught to say up up up and Dad lifts you up, the music teacher says "go up the keboard" - which is to the Right! Brian Lawson, RPT Johannesburg, South Africa > Tone deafness, I believe, comes from either a total lack of exposure to > and participating in music, or a mental block from a traumatic experience > with music in childhood. I have talked to many people who have had to > overcome early negative experiences of being shamed by someone else about > their childhood attempts to sing or play the piano, and have only come back > to music as an adult after overcoming those early negative imprints. There > are probably many more people who have never overcome this "brainwashing", > and have come to believe this. My wife, who was an art teacher, found this > phenomenon often with painting and drawing as well. > Patrick Poulson, RPT
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