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Author and journalist Tim Falconer--a self-confessed "bad singer"--is one of only 2.5 percent of the population that has been afflicted with amusia, ie: he is scientifically tone-deaf. Bad Singer chronicles his quest to understand the brain science behind tone-deafness and to search for ways to retrain the adult brain. He is tested by numerous scientists who are as fascinated with him as he is with them. He also investigates why we love music and deconstructs what we are really hearing when we listen to it. Throughout this journey of scientific and psychological discovery, he puts theory to…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2017House of Anansi Press · 304 pages · 9781487002305
- Other · English · 2016325 pages · 9781770894457
Creative AbilityPSYCHOLOGYAcoustics & SoundDeafnessMusical perceptionHearingInstruction & StudyMusic