[Harp-L] Absolute/Perfect Pitch

[Michael Rubin]

I have been in a band led by a deaf musician who sings and pkays violin,
harmonica, bass and saxophone. He seems to enjoy music just fine.

I also play in a band with a regular fan who is deaf.

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 5:19 PM Aongus Mac Cana <amaccana at xxxxx> wrote:

> As usual this forum has proved a gold mine of enlightenment on the above
> topic. Many Thanks to all the experts  and "lay persons"  who contributed
> to
> the debate.
>
> By coincidence there was a documentary on Irish television last night about
> deaf parents and their hearing children. This highlighted the need for the
> children in this situation to learn sign language in order to communicate
> with their parents and the problems all round that this caused. However it
> also showed that such families could achieve greater bonding and harmony
> than regular families and that the participants were generally enriched by
> the experience and seemed to evolve as "nicer people".
>
> It occurred to me that a major loss to deaf people must be the inability to
> enjoy music. I wondered whether it would be possible to make a device with
> which deaf people could feel the audible frequencies through their finger
> tips and whether this might give them some insight into what the rest of us
> take for granted.
>
> Neuro-Scientists anyone?
>
> Beannachtai
>
> Aongus Mac Cana
>
>