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How Does Tone Deafness Work?

Alexander Ross • • 7 min read
How Does Tone Deafness Work?

When a person is tone deaf, also called having amusia

amusia
Congenital amusia, commonly known as tone deafness, refers to a musical disability that cannot be explained by prior brain lesion, hearing loss, cognitive defects, or lack of environmental stimulation, and it affects about 4% of the population.
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, they cannot recognize differences in pitch. This means that they can't sing along with even simple tunes, and can't match the pitch of their voice to the pitch of a piece of music that's being played.

What causes you to be tone deaf?

Tone deafness seems to be a case of poor voice-ear coordination. In other words, bad singing and poor pitch are, more often than not, the results of poor vocal technique, or the inability to use the vocal instrument properly.

Can you fix being tone deaf?

However as long as you can pass a basic pitch sensitivity test, you can cure your “tone deafness” and you can learn to sing in tune. By doing pitch ear training to improve your sense of pitch you can more reliably identify when notes are too high (sharp) or low (flat). This will cure your tone deafness.

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