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  • Bad Singer

  • The Surprising Science of Tone Deafness and How We Hear Music
  • By: Tim Falconer
  • Narrated by: Matthew Edison
  • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

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Bad Singer

By: Tim Falconer
Narrated by: Matthew Edison
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Summary

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 - i.e., 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 practice by taking voice and breathing lessons with a voice coach in order to achieve his personal goal: a public display of his singing abilities.

A work of scientific discovery, musicology and personal odyssey, Bad Singer is a fascinating, insightful and highly entertaining account from an award-winning journalist and author.

©2016 Tim Falconer (P)2018 Anansi Audio
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