Hi Laura, Dean and everyone!
I think the message Laura was referring to may be this one (I was doing a lot of catching up with the last digests, this afternoon, and so have been able to recover it quickly enough). So here it is:
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:21:36 EST From: LesKayC@a... Subject: Re: musically challenged?
In Oren Brown's book DISCOVER YOUR VOICE he tells of a disorder called "diplacusis" where each ear hears a single pitch differently, resulting in a total inability to distinguish pitches correctly. I would imagine that this would be fairly rare, but I don't know for sure. In the 4 years I have been involved with a children's chorale and the years I have worked with children's church choirs, I have seen lots of seemingly tone deaf kids "catch on" and learn to sing on pitch. However, there are others who for some reason NEVER get it. It is sad when one really wants to sing and can't stay in tune. We are dealing with this right now with an 8 year old who wants to sing more than anything but has to concept of pitch. I really wonder if she has this disorder.
Leslie
I hope it helps!
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