Tone Deaf to Singer in 8 weeks!

Subject: Tone Deaf to Singer in 8 weeks!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 09:32 AM

Some say that you have to be born with a natural talent to be able to sing - others say that singing is a learnt skill like any other and given enough time, anyone can hold a tune.

We take one seriously 'tone deaf' singer and put him through a course of singing lessons with a difference. We compare before and after results to test if science can manipulate the natural course of progress.

Transcript: Karaoke King at http://abc.net.au/catalyst/

Subject: RE: Tone Deaf to Singer in 8 weeks!
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 09:50 AM

Hmmm! I could set them a real challenge, but Sydney is a bit far to go!

RtS

Subject: RE: Tone Deaf to Singer in 8 weeks!
From: Paul Burke
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 09:59 AM

I've met very few people who are tone deaf. Lynne's singing for non- singers do last year showed that most people there could sing well in tune, and even knew songs, but lacked the confidence that enables people to do it in front of others.

Subject: RE: Tone Deaf to Singer in 8 weeks!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 10:07 AM

Read the transcript - it shows that software can help with pitch holding, volume increase, and formant generation, but the informed opinion was that he still needed about 10 years of practice...

Subject: RE: Tone Deaf to Singer in 8 weeks!
From: stallion
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 03:46 PM

I get 0 out of 10 for music all through school, when I was 17 I read the sleeve notes on a Tom Paxton album, the jist was that anyone could learn to sing, needs dedication and time. Well, thirty eight years on, a string of patient performers help, and an hour a day practice I am getting close to half decent! 8 weeks is a bit ambitious, but, anyone determined enough, keen enough to learn from others and are prepared to put in the practice then they could become an acomplished performer

Subject: RE: Tone Deaf to Singer in 8 weeks!
From: Windsinger
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 04:28 PM

Paul, you have the right of it. True tone deafness is a physical condition. It's exactly what it sounds like: a legitimate hearing impairment, either caused genetically or through brain damage. Rarer than one might think.

A lot of people cry tone-deafness, when what they really mean is that their sense of "relative pitch" is wobbly, often due to simple lack of training. With time and persistance, that kind of thing can be quite fixable.

A truly tone-deaf person can't tell the difference when a note is WILDLY off-pitch. Someone with an untrained ear might hear the same note and perceive "whoa, that's wrong," but have trouble identifying and/or producing the correct note.

Fooles, it sounds like a neat project. :)

Slán,

~Fionn

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