To: Ilaine who wrote (20792 ) 4/8/1999 3:37:00 PM From: Rambi Read Replies (2) | Respond to
I THINK it's because you're not really listening to exact pitch. Perhaps haven't ever trained your ear to hear yourself in relation to the outside world. The topic of tone-deafness is intriguing. Does it really exist? Can people really not hear differences in pitch, or is it that they can't get their own cords to reproduce an exact sound, meaning is it a physical limitation rather than auditory discernment? A lot of children sing off key because they hear the intervals but haven't learned to modulate their vocal cords and they just sing where where their voice is most comfortable. When it gets harder, they just change keys. When I taught piano, I always spent time with a child in ear training--they sat across the room telling me if pitches were higher or lower, and as they advanced, how far apart the tones were. I've noticed that people who sing along with songs on the radio will often, if singing that song on their own, sing in the right key. They wouldn't know it or be able to identfy it, but their cords automatically produce that pitch, a trained muscle reaction I guess?
