Tone Deaf

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 9/5/00 10:28:48 AM Central Daylight Time, 
tuner@mediaone.net writes:

<< Just a slight detour off the perfect pitch thread.
 I don't have perfect pitch and have no concept of how it's achieved.
 But what's even more inconceivable to me is being  tone-deaf.
 How is this possible?
 
 Thoughts?
 
 Martin Dubow
  >>


Just as perfect pitch is a learned aspect, (at least that is my view. I 
haven't been following this thread this time, but we've talked about it 
before), I think being tone deaf is the opposite. The lack of learning 
anything about music. I have heard a few people try to sing, with absolutely 
no concept of what the tune is supposed to be, and I would venture to guess 
that it is a lack of ear training in the formative years. I think people that 
are tone deaf never listened to the radio, or records, and probably got their 
education in a school without a music program. 

Just my thoughts on the matter. 

Willem