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This is when I learned I really am tone deaf. I have an extremely difficult time deciding if something is higher or lower in my head. I can tell something isn’t
by leetrout 7y ago
This is when I learned I really am tone deaf. I have an extremely difficult time deciding if something is higher or lower in my head. I can tell something isn’t right when I play them but I can’t discern how much it’s off nor if it’s higher or lower if it’s really close.
- ajuc 7y agoTry moving the throat as if you were humming "happy birthday" but not pushing the air with your lungs. Your throat will constrict for higher notes more. Or maybe just try humming, dunno. In the end you don't really need the step 2 - you can try +2,-2, +3, -3, +1, -1, ... it will only slow you down by by a factor of 2 and you will train yourself to recognize the differences eventually anyway.
- Thorrez 7y agoI generally only would have trouble if there are multiple notes played simultaneously (I can't figure out which one to focus on), or if they are different instruments (the different timber distracts from the pitch). This reminds me of this test about whether you can tell if one pitch is higher or lower than another: http://jakemandell.com/adaptivepitch/ http://jakemandell.com/adaptivepitch/ Unfortunately it requires Flash. Maybe I should try to duplicate it with webaudio.
- leetrout 7y agoWell I found this one: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/tunestest/hearing-test-results-0 https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/tunestest/hearing-test-results-0 > You correctly identified 25 tunes (out of 26) on the Distorted Tunes Test. Congratulations! That was easier tho because it was identifying very popular tunes that were off.