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Know anyone that is amusic?

Post by [b]racket » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:33 am


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Post by ghettobot » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:35 am

whoa!

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Post by hamzen » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:14 pm

Guess it's true across the senses.

I have never had a sense of smell, well no more than fleeting moments anyway, but no great loss compared to the loss of music. That would be rough.

Reminds me of a discussion I had the other day re the percussionist Evelyn Glennie who if I remember rightly was profoundly deaf and responded to the impact of the sounds on her body, and was a classy percussionist in spite of.

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Post by pompende » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:44 pm

jesus, my life would border on meaninglessness if i couldnt enjoy music.

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Post by freestylethumbwars » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:48 pm

im sure wen ur listenin to tones like that (like the ones on the test) and you know some of them are gonna be wrong doesnt like your subconcious start to play tricks on you?

im sure mine does.

i got 23 anyways.

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Post by pangaea » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:04 pm

Amusia...a weird but fascinating condition, by the sounds of it. On a related note, there's an interesting article on the BBC website about dances held for the deaf or hard of hearing:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3621529.stm

'Thumping bass. Throbbing beats. Music so loud it can be physically felt'.

Sounds familiar. :lol:

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Post by worldy d » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:11 pm

Thats hard to believe. Not comprehending music seems equivalent to not being able to understand language or express emotion or something.

Well, its just a pitch thing. At least they can still feel rhythm.

Far more common is people who are amusical in the sense of just not caring for music. Just like some people are asexual.

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Post by alex bk-bk » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:27 pm

i bet this doesn't effect sub-bass, a physical sensation

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