ia. how would you explain music to a deaf person?

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ib. or if you're deaf how would you explain music to a totally-deaf person,
ic. or if the latter through what mysteries was it explained to you?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 21 October 2002 05:13 (twenty-three years ago)

i watched "topsy turvy" tonight with the english captions on and they transcribe everything, because they figure the only person who's watching them on DVD has some sort of hearing loss. you get long stretches of "audience applause" "mutters" "mumbles". when someone sings they put little eighth notes around the words to signify that the words are sung, not spoken. please impart your best description of what these little note thingies mean, dear readers.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 21 October 2002 05:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Actually, all of the deaf people I know really like music - as long as there's a strong emphasis on bass/rhythm, anyone can 'hear' it.

― Jez (Jez), Monday, 21 October 2002 05:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Presumably with sign language...

*ba-doom-crash!*

Thanks, I'm here all week.

― hstencil, Monday, 21 October 2002 20:44 (twenty-three years ago)

me too heh

100 years ago I would have put their hands on my throat while I talked and then I would have sung, maybe that would work in a way. Now: bass bins.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 06:32 (twenty-three years ago)

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