Blog 5: Musical Taste of a Tone-Deaf Man

So what does it mean to be tone-deaf?  Well basically I cannot tell the difference between the notes A and G, also a single instrument can only makes one sound to me.  For someone that’s not tone-deaf it may be hard to comprehend or even imagine this, so I think it is best I tell a story to make it easier to understand.

When I was very young I didn't even know what tone was, since I couldn't even hear it.  I remember this one time when I was at my grandma's house playing on her piano.  As I hit all the different keys I couldn't help but wonder one thing, all these keys make the same darn sound, why the hell are there so many of them?  At that time my thought was that talent in playing the piano was how cool one could look hitting all keys in different ways, of course that is not that case.

Even though I cannot hear tones I still enjoy listening to music.  So what is the most important thing to my taste?  Well I like three things; first and foremost I like harmony.  When there is not harmony within the instruments the music becomes very confusing to my ears and gives me a headache.  So I do enjoy classical music to a certain degree, the great harmony is very easy on my ears.  Secondly I also enjoy music that fluxuates in volume, since that is the closer thing I can get to tone going up and down.  Rock is one of my favorite genre’s because of this.  Lastly, I do enjoy music with lyrics.  Since I am tone-deaf the lyrics are very important to me, it makes it easier for me to follow along with the beat of the music.