WEBCYAN
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Well...I have a friend who i had picked out to play live bass for my band. He was a good technical bass player, so I figured everything would work out....well, turns out he's very very tone-deaf. He simply can't play along to music on bass...or anything else. Its as though he hears somthing totally different than what others hear.
This kind of got me thinking/worried. How can one be sure they aren't tone-deaf?? I mean, maybe you go through your whole life thinking you aren't and then someone later informs you otherwise.
For instance, if i played a F on guitar my friend would play F#. Now to me it sounds really off, but to him for some reason the F# he was playing sounded like the F I was playing.
I was wondering if there was a true test for determining if you are tone deaf or not. I saw one test on the internet that played mp3's of popular songs in different keys and you had to pick out the mp3 that was in the correct key...but the problem with that is that you must have heard the song before and even then a song can be played in a different key but still sound just fine...so that test is kind of pointless.
So...here's what I did. I recorded myself singing some dumb little thing over a guitar chord progression. Nothing fancy. Just my voice, an amp, and one mic. I sang over the guitar in what to me sounded "in tune". I'm posting the mp3 on here and just want you all to tell me if you think my voice is in tune to the guitar. By in tune Im not asking if my voice matches the exact same pitches as the guitar, but rather if my voice is simply in tune. Like, the guitar might be playing an F note while Im singing a C note. Its not the same, but its still in key with each other.
So, let me know. Ive already showed this to about 3 people. all 3 thought it sounded fine, but I just want some 2nd opinions. And....if any of you are tone deaf then you dont really need to bother telling me if I am or not...
This kind of got me thinking/worried. How can one be sure they aren't tone-deaf?? I mean, maybe you go through your whole life thinking you aren't and then someone later informs you otherwise.
For instance, if i played a F on guitar my friend would play F#. Now to me it sounds really off, but to him for some reason the F# he was playing sounded like the F I was playing.
I was wondering if there was a true test for determining if you are tone deaf or not. I saw one test on the internet that played mp3's of popular songs in different keys and you had to pick out the mp3 that was in the correct key...but the problem with that is that you must have heard the song before and even then a song can be played in a different key but still sound just fine...so that test is kind of pointless.
So...here's what I did. I recorded myself singing some dumb little thing over a guitar chord progression. Nothing fancy. Just my voice, an amp, and one mic. I sang over the guitar in what to me sounded "in tune". I'm posting the mp3 on here and just want you all to tell me if you think my voice is in tune to the guitar. By in tune Im not asking if my voice matches the exact same pitches as the guitar, but rather if my voice is simply in tune. Like, the guitar might be playing an F note while Im singing a C note. Its not the same, but its still in key with each other.
So, let me know. Ive already showed this to about 3 people. all 3 thought it sounded fine, but I just want some 2nd opinions. And....if any of you are tone deaf then you dont really need to bother telling me if I am or not...