The problem I have when singing, is that others don't sing in my key ,it
happens to be "L"(that's why I gave up being a folksinger,and stopped
playing guitar..)
Bud W0HG
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From: topband-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Guy Olinger K2AV
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 1:29 PM
To: Gary@ka1j.com
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: My take on ARRL 160
It's pretty much demonstrated that there are a lot of people who are "tone
deaf", that is, they simply cannot tell apart two tones of different
frequencies if they are "somewhat" near to one another.
This is an audible approximation of color blind. Since this does not
produce a problem in day-to-day living, other than singing hymns off key on
Sunday morning, it goes largely unreported. Given the oft-reported
well-off-frequency calling, it might be a lot more common than we think.
Back in the day when my hearing was acute and included well beyond the TV
horizontal sweep frequency, I could be singing up front in the choir on
Sunday and hear ALL those in the congregation singing off key. They stuck
out because they were NOT on the shared tone being sung from the hymnal
(this suggest anything?). There had to be a dozen, including a favorite
dear old gentleman (very popular with the
youth) who also never had the timing quite right, and further sounded like
he was singing with gravel in his mouth. I'm sure he thought he was singing
on key and on time. Nobody cared. "Make a joyful noise..." and all that.
I think there are a lot of people tone-disadvantaged to some degree or
another. Their off-frequency is neither careless nor unthoughtful.
Funny how we manage to work them all.....
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