How to distinguish the pentatonic scale?

Generally speaking, singing is tone-deaf in the following situations:

If you can't master the intonation of the song, you always sing out of tune;

Singing is like talking, there is no turning point, there is no distinction between high and low notes, and it is out of tune;

When singing, the breath is not enough, the treble can't be sung, and the ending can't be sung;

The unclear pronunciation of Putonghua affects the intonation when singing.

Tone blindness (adjective)

When singing, some people sing out of tune, often out of tune, and can't grasp the seven singing names of do, re, mi, fa, sol, la and si, so singing becomes a "chanting" or "shouting" without beautiful melody at all. Everyone in the karaoke room has experienced this kind of torture, and everyone laughs that the rapper has no artistic talent and is "tone deaf".

The reason of tone-deaf is congenital, not out of tune or out of tune as we usually say. Out-of-tune can be corrected, but it is difficult to completely correct the tone defect. The reason for the pentatonic scale is that the muscles around the vocal cords are not fully developed, resulting in some pitches that cannot be pronounced. Another reason is that people's ears have poor ability to distinguish sounds, which leads to inaccurate pronunciation. The latter can improve or even reach the level of normal people through training, while the former can hardly be changed.

There are also many corrective training courses in the society to treat pentatonic scale, and to adjust and improve the voice control ability with scientific vocal methods. It is said to be effective, too. Try it.

Being tone-deaf has always been a historical misunderstanding. Five tones are five full tones, and half tones are not listed, which is related to the prevalence of the five elements theory at that time. All kinds of archaeological documents or unearthed objects can prove it. In ancient times, there were scientific methods to adjust the seven tones.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia with incomplete tone