Tone deafness
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Tone deafness is the lack of relative pitch, or the inability to distinguish between musical notes that is not due to the lack of musical training or education. Tone deafness is the congenital form of amusia. It is also known as tune deafness, "tin ear", dysmelodia and dysmusia.
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Description
The ability to hear and reproduce relative pitch, as with other musical abilities, is present in all societies and in most humans. Tone deafness appears to be genetically influenced although it can also be a result from brain damage. Someone who is unable to reproduce pitches because of a lack of musical training would not be considered tone deaf in a medical sense. Tone deafness affects the ability to hear relative pitch changes produced by a musical instrument.
Tone-deaf people seem to be disabled only when it comes to music as they can fully interpret the prosody or intonation of human speech.[citation needed] Tone deafness has a strong negative correlation with belonging to societies with tonal languages. This could be evidence that the ability to reproduce and distinguish between notes may be a learned skill; conversely, it may suggest that the genetic predisposition towards accurate pitch discrimination may influence the linguistic development of a population towards tonality. A correlation between allele frequencies and linguistic typological features has been recently discovered, supporting the latter hypothesis.[1]
Tone deafness is also associated with other musical-specific impairments such as the inability to keep time with music (beat deafness, or the lack of rhythm), or the inability to remember or recognize a song. These disabilities can appear separately, but some research shows that they are more likely to appear in tone-deaf people.[2] Experienced musicians, such as W. A. Mathieu, have addressed tone deafness in adults as correctable with training.[3]
Neurology
In nine of ten tone-deaf people, the superior arcuate fasciculus in the right hemisphere could not be detected, suggesting a disconnection between the posterior superior temporal gyrus and the posterior inferior frontal gyrus. Researchers suggested the posterior superior temporal gyrus was the origin of the disorder.[4]
Well Known Tone Deaf People
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Fictional
- Kirby from the Kirby franchise.
- Dr. Clint Webber from Frasier
- Grace from Home on the Range
- Horatio Hornblower
- Mumble from Happy Feet
- Jamie Fraser from Outlander
- Shaggy from Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- Conan Edogawa from Case Closed
- Justin from "Pitch Perfect"
- Kevin Kishore
See also
- Amusia, the medical loss of musical ability
- Relative pitch, the normal human ability to accurately distinguish pitch intervals
- Absolute pitch, the less common ability to name a musical note when played or sung
- Tonal memory
- Musical aptitude
- Beat deafness
- Deafness, the inability to hear sound
- Synesthesia
- Color blindness
References
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- ↑ "Can't chant, can't speak English? Pope says it's because he's tone-deaf", Catholic News Service, 2 April 2013
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- ↑ Norwich, John Julius. The Duff Cooper Diaries 1915-1951.Phoenix, 2006, ISBN 978-0-7538-2105-3. P.109.
- ↑ Sacks, Oliver; Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain; p 108 ISBN 1-4000-3353-5
- ↑ See Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts
- ↑ Cox, Stephen (2004). The Woman and the Dynamo: Isabel Paterson and the Idea of America. New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA: Transaction Publishers. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7658-0241-5.
- ↑ Hunter, Graeme K.; Light is a messenger: the life and science of William Lawrence Bragg; p. 158. ISBN 0-19-852921-X
- ↑ Crow, James Franklin and Dove, William F.; Perspectives on genetics: anecdotal, historical, and critical commentaries; p. 254. ISBN 0-299-16604-X
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- ↑ Hamilton, W. D. and Ridley, Mark; Narrow Roads of Gene Land: The Collected Papers of W. D. Hamilton Volume 3; p. 7. ISBN 0-19-856690-5
- ↑ Zeltner, Philip N.; John Dewey's Aesthetic Philosophy; p. 93. ISBN 90-6032-029-8
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- ↑ Tamm, Eric.; Robert Fripp: From crimson king to crafty master, Faber and Faber, 1990, p. 16.
External links
- University of Newcastle: Musical Listening Test
- BBC: Listening Displeasure
- NPR: Test for tone deafness (requires RealAudio player)
- MedicineNet: Amusia
- NIH: Distorted Tunes Test
- The Listening Book: Tone-Deaf Choir audio description by W. A. Mathieu
Bibliography
- Kazez, D. (1985). The myth of tone deafness. Music Educators Journal, 71, 46-47.
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