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Time：第227次例會，2009年10月10日（週六）下午14:30-17:30
Place：
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14:30~15:20 Session I: Topic Discussion Q1-Q3 + Ice Breakers
15:20~15:30 Session I Feedback
15:30~15:50 Speaker Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group + Break
16:00~17:00 Session II: Topic Discussion Q4-Q6 + Ice Breakers
17:00~17:15 Session II Feedback
17:15~17:30 Happy Time
Taipei Dinner Location

Taipei Host: Nadine Lan / Speakers: Matt / Photographer: Dustin Hsu / Gourmet: Nadine Lan / Happy Time: Amanda Ong

Ice Breakers:
Please introduce yourself to your group.
What do you do for a living? What do you do for fun?
How did you learn about Happy Club?
What current events have you noticed recently?
How did you spend your Mid-Autumn Festival "holiday"?
What is your least favorite day of the week?

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Topic Discussion Article: No Karaoke for You! Bad Wiring Spells Tone-Deaf <--- Click Me (文章)

Questions for Discussion:

Session 1

(1) Do your friends cover their ears when you sing in a ktv? Do you avoid going to karaoke because you don't sing well?

(2) What is the major result offered in this article? Do you agree? What does it mean to be tone deaf?

(3) Do you know any professional singers who can actually sing well live nowadays?

Session 2

(4) What are some of your favorite songs to sing in a ktv? Would you like to demonstrate?

(5) Do you agree that people who are awful at singing can now place the blame on how their brains are wired?

(6) Do you sing in the shower? Why do you think people sing in the shower?

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Further Reading

Vocabulary Help

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台北，每週六 230-530 PM
Taipei, every Saturday
Place:
viewtopic.php?t=15

Map from Google Street View

to all members and guests:

please feel free to reply to the weekly topics to formulate your opinions prior to the gathering. it'll help you gather your thoughts before the meeting and let you practice your english writing.

don't be shy we are here to help each other.

my opinion:

this research result is kind of obvious

I did the Tone-deaf test after reading the article.
"You correctly identified 24 tunes (out of 26) on the Distorted Tunes Test. Congratulations! You have a fine sense of pitch."
Ha, it's really interesting.

I think it is both nature and nurture.
You can't tell different melody well if you are a tone-deaf, but it's possible to sing better with using right muscles after training.

The link below can test your ability to distinguish sound pitch.

It's a very interesting game. You can find out if you are pitch deaf.

After finishing the test, it will provide the score as a reference.
http://www.bored.com/musictests/pitchdeaf.htm

Let's do the test and share your score.

My scroe is as below. Aha... at least I have a normal ear.

At 500 Hz, you can reliably differentiate two tones 5.1 Hz apart.

Less than 0.75 Hz: Exceptional Ear.
Less than 1.5 Hz: Very Good
Less than 6 Hz: Normal
Less than 12 Hz: Low-Normal
Greater than 12 Hz: Possible pitch perception delicit.