David McMullinMar 20, 2024

In case you missed it yesterday, this conversation started with making up moods for keys after the manner of a 17th century music treatise, then branched through tuning systems, tone deafness, the sacrilege of autotuning Aretha Franklin, and my longest running, most embarrassing mistake in my effort to learn Mandarin. This kind of thing is what keeps me coming back here.

https://musicians.today/@mcmullin/112125129159147235

#musodon #tuning #MusicTheory #MusicProduction #amusia #LanguageLearning #Mandarin #Chinese

David McMullin (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] For two years before I realized my mistake, every day when I reminded my in-laws to do their daily exercise (zuò cāo / 做操) I said the second word with a 4th (falling) tone instead of a 1st (high) tone, thus telling them not to exercise (操) but to fuck (肏). Oops! (Fortunately they are too cultured to hear it that way and/or too polite to correct me.)

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Data ThreadsNov 11, 2023
🇮🇹 Wikipédia italien:
1. Amusia #Amusia
2. Omicidio di Elisa Claps #OmicidioDiElisaClaps
3. C'è ancora domani #CÈAncoraDomani
Liminal FictionAug 11, 2023

WRITER FUEL: Tone deafness, a neurological disorder known as amusia, can make it hard to distinguish between musical pitches. About 4% of people have this condition.

https://www.limfic.com/2023/08/11/writer-fuel-4-have-amusia-true-tone-deafness/

#LimFic #LiminalFiction #WriterFuel #Writers #Authors #WritersofMastodon #StoryIdeas #ToneDeaf #ToneDeafness #Amusia

Writer Fuel: 4% Have Amusia – True Tone Deafness

Sure, not everyone has pipes like Adele. But we all know people who truly struggle to match and comprehend musical pitch, and they're usually labeled "tone deaf." But is tone deafness a real condition? And if so, why are some people tone deaf? In short, yes, tone deafness is a genuine neurological disorder. It's called...

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Matt WillemsenMay 3, 2023
In short, yes, tone deafness is a genuine neurological disorder. It's called amusia. However, not everyone who lacks musical skills has this condition, which affects an estimated 4% of the population (opens in new tab).
https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/are-some-people-actually-tone-deaf #amusia #ToneDeaf
Are some people actually tone deaf?

Tone deafness, a neurological disorder known as amusia, can make it hard to distinguish between musical pitches.

Live Science
wolfewithaneApr 29, 2023
Is being #ToneDeaf as real thing? https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/are-some-people-actually-tone-deaf Spoiler alert: It's called #Amusia.
Are some people actually tone deaf?

Tone deafness, a neurological disorder known as amusia, can make it hard to distinguish between musical pitches.

Live Science
DailingualFeb 7, 2023

Here's an amusia fact:

4% of the population have no way of appreciating #music because of their #amusia.

Spare a thought for them this #DyddMiwsigCymru

"I can think of little worse than going to an opera...why would you do that?" - amusia sufferer Martin Price

https://soundcloud.com/dailingual/martin-prices-amusia

Martin Price's Amusia

An amusia episode with charitable consultant Martin Price.

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Show threadKatharina von KriegsteinDec 22, 2022
@kanske @CPE
Wonderful and so timely editorial! 🎄 If translating this strong advise for Christmas Carolling into practise perhaps also stock some earplugs for the occasional relative with developmental #amusia in the festive crowd. 🔔 Merry Christmas! ☃️
deutrinoApr 8, 2018
@chosafine Having done a bit of reading on the subject, yes, (most) humans are wired for "entrainment" to rhythm, and when I dug into the topic, we knew of no other animal with this ability. I read the linked case study from the #amusia article on wiki, and while the subject had difficulties with rhythm, not all #amusic / #tonedeaf people do. Interestingly, the authors classify amusia as a #learningdisabilty / #learningdifference @djsundog