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As music professor Jonathan L. Friedmann pointed out, Grant struggled in the same ways as many other amusic people.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022

To the rest of the world, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and "Yakety Sax" by Boots Randolph couldn't sound more different; to an amusic individual, both are just sound.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022

But typical and amusic brains show similar electrical responses to out-of-scale notes.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 11, 2022

And, through her decades of research, Peretz has observed amusic individuals sing melodies that sounded tonal to her, even as they failed to distinguish pitches themselves.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 11, 2022

Despite appearances, Florence Foster Jenkins probably wasn’t amusic: She was talented enough to have been a piano prodigy in her childhood, known as “Little Miss Foster,” and invited to perform at the White House.

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2016