Mindsigh wrote:
Who_Am_I wrote:
Mindsigh wrote:
Can someone tone-deaf learn music? My mom was too poor to afford music lessons for me as a kid.
Do you mean
actually tone-deaf, or just unable to sing in tune?
Not sure. I know for sure I can't sing in tune, but I can pick out melodies on my son's toy xylophone. I took an online test for tone-deafness and was unable to distinguish between pitch and volume.
If you can pick out melodies you probably aren't tone-deaf as actual tone-deafness involves being unable to hear fairly wide discrepancies in pitch.
That's interesting that you confuse pitch and volume. I can see how it would happen, since higher pitches tend to be perceived as louder even if they're at the same amplitude.
I read a blog post from someone who confused various aspects of music; I'll link it here if I find it again and remember to.
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Music Theory 101: Cadences.
Authentic cadence: V-I
Plagal cadence: IV-I
Deceptive cadence: V- ANYTHING BUT I ! !! !
Beethoven cadence: V-I-V-I-V-V-V-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I! I! I! I I I