Why does a crowd singing at a concert normally sound really good, but if you were to randomly pick one of those people to sing solo, it probably wouldn’t sound great.?
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I disagree with the common answers here. No, sound and pitch do not “average out”. That’s not at all how music and tonality works.
The truth is that the people who *can* sing WILL sing, and, here is the important bit, even those who aren’t great singers can still match pitch. Tone deafness doesn’t actually exist; it’s just a general term for someone who is bad at singing. It isn’t a scientific term, because literally every person (as long as you aren’t genuinely deaf or mute) can sing and match a pitch with their voice.
People who are not good solo singers sound bad because they aren’t using the right techniques or mechanics. We sing differently when we sing solo, or when we sing the leading part in a group. When we sing as a chorus, our mechanics and techniques are different, and all the “bad” parts of people’s voices go away. We can blend our sound, even if you aren’t a trained musician. Even if you rarely every sing, everybody has this innate ability.
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