As someone who's not tone deaf I can't confirm anything

For anyone wondering Tone Deafness is a real thing (generally caused by chronic ear infections as a child) but it does not mean that you cannot sing. We had a tome deaf boy in our choir who taught himself to sing by feeling how the vibrations changed in his throat. Very good singer

As somebody who is deaf, I can confirm that I heard this video the same way I hear music.

"Piano, piano, piano, piano, piano, piano" was truly insperational. The emotion and work that went into the quote was amazing.

I know I'm supposed to be laughing but I'm actually just terrified to find out that tone deafness is a real thing and not just a harsh insult thrown at kids who never made it into the school choir

I deciphered the morse codes! The first one is YOU'RE TONE, the second morse that's mixed with the boing sound is DEAF

There was a very sweet woman at my synagogue growing up who was so horrendously tone deaf, standing next to her while singing was like being next to a tree trimmer. She made it difficult to even keep pitch yourself. But she desperately wanted to learn to read Torah, which is a very special and honorable thing to do. She studied for like 6 months with the rabbi, which is probably 5 months longer than average, and she eventually did it! It wasn’t amazing, but somehow she trained herself to sound boring instead of horrendous. We were all very proud of her!

I am tone deaf (among other auditory issues). Since my condition is congenital it is impossible to describe because I've never heard sound any other way. I love music so much even though I can never hear it the way many people do. it is impossible for me to distinguish many similar notes, the higher the frequency the more difficult this becomes. Many music lovers have attempted to "show" me the difference. I know they mean well and just want to share with me what they deeply enjoy, The hardest part for me is I can't sing, it sounds good to me but everyone else suffers like it's a horror movie.

As a tone deaf person I can confirm this is how i hear music

love how the phone's ringtone sounds perfectly normal, proof that it is the one sound that transcends all human ailments

As someone who is tone deaf. Those were some phenomenal pieces. That piano and guitar solo were great.

the morse code at 1:20 says first section:you're tone second: deaf took me really long to realize .----. is supposed to be a '

Just now realizing being tone deaf is like being color blind but for your ears. That's a lot of beauty in the world those people are missing out on. Kinda makes me want to cry cause I love music a lot.

My great grandmother was tone deaf, the rest of both sides of my family have a lot of aural disorders. Her encouragement to my creativity musically only became more meaningful when I learned she had no idea what I was doing.

I actually met someone who was tone-deaf once. she worked as a nurse at a hospital I was staying at at the time, and loved listening to my singing. she really wanted to hear me do a specific song, but said that she literally could not sing it back to me to help me figure out which one it was. i thought she was just nervous to sing in front of others, but she told me that she's just always been literally tone deaf. she talked about how she would listen to pop songs in her car and recognize them but have no ability whatsoever to repeat it back correctly. she knew lyrics, but not their melodies. crazy stuff man.

Thank you for posting this. As a person who completely understands music and tone that lives with someone who is tone deaf, this has given me a better understanding of what he goes through whenever I try to play music for him.

I love slowly collecting the obscure, unimportant "lore" of Daniel's characters. Dennis is tone deaf(??)? Good to know lol

So I'm not actually tone-deaf, but the "listen to how good my new sound-system is" part is very relatable. Like: "Doesn't it sound good?", Well the music comes out with no obvious static or distortion so yes. "Can't you hear the difference in quality?", No, no I cannot.

2:14 THE NECK CRACK. *opens eyes tensely*

a good friend of mine is like this and it _baffles_ me how I can play the same tune for them in Phrygian Dominant and in Major and they'll genuinely hesitate to think before guessing which is which. I'm almost impressed they still enjoy music because I feel like I'd go absolutely INSANE if it was that hard to figure out for me. they've described it as being like the closer two notes are, the less they can tell the difference (and the usually-inherent difference in emotion between similar intervals literally just doesn't register for them because of it. a basic Major and Minor chord sound almost the same to them, they can only tell there _is_ a difference, but not what it is) it's also relatively inconsistent for them on the technical level of telling tones apart, but they seem to consistently be unable to tell scales apart, even got to the point of yelling that a clip of ascending notes, one up Phrygian Dominant and one Minor, were absolutely identical

Tone deaf myself I can confidently say this guy gave the most accurate depiction of our condition. I also have tinnitus so all I hear is bell, bell, bell constantly

I was literally having a conversation with someone, barely two hours ago, about the extreme rarity of true tone deafness, and how most people believed to be tone deaf just need help to train their brains to properly hear music and then produce vocally. This was an astoundingly good representation of true tone deafness as described by the person with whom I was speaking (with the added hyperbole at the end, of course).

As someone who really enjoys and appreciates music, I can’t imagine not being able to experience that joy.

As a tone deaf person, we know the difference between two notes. It’s just that we don’t know if they are “higher” or “lower” unless they are the same note of different octaves. I had a hard time playing any instrument because I had a hard time figuring out if a note was out of tune because I just thought it was a flat or sharp of some note😢

Man, Tone Deaf guy is super lucky to be able to identify musical instruments. I’ve had times where I’ve heard a song and then later saw it being played and thought “That is not the instrument I thought that was coming from.” (And, yeah, the examples in this video would have been pretty easy to identify…probably. 😛 )

I have a guy in my cast who’s tone deaf and he really can’t sing or match tones but he’s absolutely hilarious so it isn’t a total loss😂

As someone who is not creative, the fact that people like Daniel can make me laugh for several years in a row feels like nothing short of a miracle

I asked my dad if this is really how he always hears music. He said no he doesn't hear music that way. He says "Sometimes I use headphones, and sometimes I don't."

As someone that read a guy's comment about being tone deaf, I can confirm that this is how tone-deafness works.

as someone who has tone deaf friends i can verify this is what it’s like showing them my music EDIT: mom i’m famous

1:11 I lost it when he used the electric piano!

how can people like that even have a conversation? human speech has so much intonation in it!

I heard a tone deaf guy describe kind of the opposite in a way. Because he was tone deaf, all music sounded beautiful to him, which sadly came with the consequence of him believing he had a beautiful singing voice as well until his family kept complaining for him to shut up. He still sings for fun sometimes though.

I didn't know tone deaf people had this much trouble. That's good to learn. But the interaction between these characters is so relatable since it can be applied to other interactions between neurotypical people and me.

What is hilarious is I got an ad before this video on hearing aids 😂

omg this is actually so amazing. love videos like this that take something familiar and totally put you in the shoes of another person. super well done. this reminds me of How English sounds to non-English speakers

I'm not tone def but I do have audio processing disorder and it makes it so some sounds and words sound indestinguishable from each other. I often have to ask people to repeat themselves because I don't understand what they are saying sometimes. My former dad used to insist that I was making it up because he could tell it wasn't a physical hearing issue. But it is a nuerological issue, that commonly effects nuerodiverse peoples, that I'm now diagnosed with. I love to sing and make music despite this. I've been in choir before. I love music and can sing along well.

My choir teacher must resonate with this

0:52 I watched that like 30 times

I never knew that tone deafness could be, let alone has been like this. seems like i have something interesting to search up now instead of aimlessly browsing youtube also-no fault of urs Dan-but I hate hoodie guy after 0:34 bc he just ignores what his friend had just blatantly said about how his hearing works, and won't accept how differently his brain works "you're going to have to try harder than that" especially got me screaming internally

As someone who plays most songs by ear this was painful. Also the computer voice is too funny.

Petition for Daniel to do a cover of ‘Welcome to the Internet’

I'M SO CONFUSED I JUST GOT AN AD WITH YOU IN IT WHILE I WAS WATCHING THIS VIDEO

I didn’t know much about tone deafness at the time, but through mutual determination of everyone my grandmother taught my grandfather who had gone deafness to sing in a barber shop quartet. My grandmother and myself love singing and have experience in it, and after trying to teach him he because more dedicated. It worked! I don’t know what helped him, but he loves singing and music, it made him so happy. ☺️

This feels incredibly relatable as a neurodivergent person. The "Come on just do the thing you absolutely can't do! You just gotta try!"

I love Daniel's subtle cry for help when he brought out that horsewhip

This is absolutely brilliant, you inspire me tremendously to create amazing skits like this one. You are the man!!!

I didn't believe that tone deaf people could learn to sing through practice until I met my husband. It is remarkable. I do not have that level of skill and dedication for almost anything. I either just do something automatically or I don't.

Impressive that one of the most musically talented people I’ve ever seen is able to convey tone deafness

For those of you who are nerds like me and want to know what tone deafness is actually like after watching this video: True tone deafness is called amusia and can be congenital (affecting about 4% of the population) or caused by brain damage. People with this condition aren't able to recognize wrong or very out of tune notes or familiar melodies. They have difficulty or an inability to perceive differences in pitch (low note vs high note) though they can tell differences in timbre (piano vs guitar). Amusic people often find music unpleasant or annoying. So although this is obviously a humorous exaggeration, Daniel didn't get anything wrong per se.

Absolutely love this! Wonderfully insightful, how many times haven't your heard it as an insult, thinking it was some made up thing, or something to do with their lack of keeping a ryth or singing abilities. Thank you for this!

My Dad is tone-deaf and cannot sing to save his life, but he loves music. He has no concept of sound quality and is more than happy listening to his favorite songs on KZfaq set to 360p. He doesn't know the difference and is happy with that. Ignorance is truly bliss.

1:52 caught me so off guard 😂😂😂😂

I am still training on not being tone deaf and if I am being honest this is surprisingly accurate and the more I train the more I understand the insults people threw at my old covers and pieces-

Thank you to Daniel's videos for putting a smile on my face at the ends of my days sometimes, when I can't sleep and am going through a rough time. 🙌✨

Thank you !! For bringing this to the attention of a lot of people

I am definitely tone deaf. When I was at secondary school we always did major musicals with thousands of people attending but I never had anything but chorus parts yet I always won the school drama prize for acting in small plays so the music teacher decided 'he was going to teach me to sing'. Two hours later he had me stood by a grand piano playing notes at me and making me sing the tune. Well, he eventually admitted defeat after another two hours with the words 'wow you really are tone deaf'. Didn't stop him making me organise an entire choral concert to sing the Nelson Mass sometime later just because I accidentally said to him in passing that it would be a great idea to raise money for a local charity at Xmas by holding a choral concert in a local church. Music teachers never give up hope! 😁

The way hoodie guy and his mom just sounded like Morgan freeman after that note made me laugh so damn hard at 2:23

HE'S DONE IT AGAIN!!! Daniel is SO hilarious and I'm really impressed by the effort he puts into making these videos 😂thanks man

He has truly gone insane! I love his videos

So glad a big youtuber like daniel managed to get such a unknown person like morgan freeman to voice in his skit. Proud of you for giving smaller actors a job

Ah, my favorite song is the one that goes like flute, flute piano, piano. It's so beautiful.

My sister complains of being tone deaf all the time, because she really wants to sing and has a hard time hitting the right notes. Sending this to her to get her feedback and see if this is how it feels for her listening to music. I LOVE music and sing all the time so she asks me for help a lot, and I try when I can; she isn't horrible, but if this is how she experiences music, it'll help me better understand where she's coming from. Video made me cackle horrendously either way tho 😂

😭😭😭😭 This was amazing! Thank you so much for this amazing video!

Why did I crack up? 1:02

WHEN IT WAS PIANO AND HARMONICA, I new it was piano man 😂😂😂

I didn't realize there were so many people that are actually tone deaf. I thought true tone deafness was a lot more rare.

I laughed much harder then I should have on this, and nearly choked on my drink, keep up the amazing work man :'D

As a tone deaf percussionist, I literally cannot tell if a scale is going up or down 😭😭

Thanks for your ad that you made with better help, it's always great to see that no matter who you are, everyone could use someone to talk to. Thank you and may you have a great day

Edwin Gordon did a study that displayed that musical aptitude (a person's potential to learn music) is pretty much determined by musical training and exposure before the age of 8! Students in the study were asked to do things like echo rhythms and tell which pitch was higher/lower. Before the age of 8, scores improved dramatically from year to year. After the age of 8 (all the way up to 18), there was not much change in scores from year to year!

0:28 I was not ready lmao

It’s good to see Daniel doing another piano sketch.

As a singer, I cant even fathom what tone deafness is like o.o also love how you just casually pull a whip out XD

The way they pulled out the flogger I about died. 🤣

For years, I would make fun of my family’s haunted choir when they’d sing happy birthday. I thought, how can I be the only one in my family who can hold a tune? I finally figured it out that it’s one of my sisters who drags everyone down but everyone else sounds fine when she’s not around. Thank you for bringing to light her terrible condition and what she hears when she listens to the radio!

No one gonna talk about the flogger at 1:45 ??? *WHY DOES DANIEL HAVE A FLOGGER*

I played piano for a show once, and I was warned beforehand that a guy in the cast was always going to ask me to play "his note" beforehand. The note in question was a genuinely tricky harmony, but there was zero chance he'd retain it for 30 minutes so it was completely pointless. But I was assured that it was easier to just play along because "he's tone deaf anyway". The routine was, he'd come ask for his note; I'd play it; he'd sing the wrong note; I'd gently coax him up to the right pitch; he'd walk away looking very dissatisfied. But on the third or fourth time, I realized something pretty extraordinary. He wasn't singing a random wrong note. It was always the *same* wrong note. A fifth below. So when that dawned on me, I tried playing the note up a fifth, and he sang the pitch I wanted instantly. Therefore, he hears his relationship with the music at a harmonic. Knowing that, all I had to do was orient his singing to how he hears, and it was never a problem again.

As someone who is tone def...I feel this very hard...I love music but it has taken me forever to actually do anything with it.

I’m just impressed that Dennis managed to become a world-famous musician back in “When You Compliment a Musician but Don’t Mean It” while being tone deaf this whole time

Daniel has a talent for taking basic premises to completely unhinged levels of farce, and I love it.

I was stationed in Fort Stewart for sometime and volunteered for many a SCAD student films. Great people! The parties were always awesome and hanging out at the Crypt was fun even though I don't dance, I danced anyway!

0:45 this is giving shawn spencer vibes for me 😂

I had a roommate who actually had a beautiful singing voice, but for the love of all that sounds great... she just couldn't hold a tone or note. I think now I finally understand why

As someone who is tone deaf, it's so true! It has its ups and downs; on one hand, you can't play or judge the quality of any music, but on the other hand, all speakers sound the same. Even the cheap ones.

*Mike Myers...* MICHAEL MYERS?!??! (3:09)

Bro all your videos....HILARIOUS!! ENTERTAINING!! CREATIVE!! GENIOUS!!! DId I say HILARIOUS already? Keep them coming bro!!

02:00 little bit Gilbert Gottfried 😂

At 2:48 I only hear "Synthesizer, Synthesizer, Synthesizer, Synthesizer..."

Moments when you're so thankful that you're given the gift of music.

Hard work and practice can payoff and be super fun playing by ear! At the start, I could hear 2 notes that were like 2/3 whole steps apart and still incorrectly guess higher/lower. Now I’m playing along to my favorite songs on the piano in real time. Super fun and it’s okay to start by just shooting helplessly in the dark. You will learn.

I'm Morgan Freeman and I approve this message.

As someone who is tone deaf, I can confirm this is totally one hundred percent accurate.

I can kind of relate… I have perfect pitch and married someone who can’t carry a tune if it had a handle on it 😂 I’m a huge music lover, I also play piano and guitar. Sometimes we’ll be listening to a song and I’ll hear this AMAZING key change. It’s subtle, but it sticks out to me like a sore thumb. I’ll play it for my husband and ask him excitedly if he thought the key change was amazing also and he didn’t notice it. Even when I point at the exact moment it changes keys, nope… still doesn’t hear it. Even if it’s a really obvious key change, he often can’t tell. There’s a part in Tubular Bells (the theme from The Exorcist) where the notes are switched. He can’t tell that, either, even though I think it’s very obvious. Our (adult) kids can’t really tell, either. One day I played it for my mother and she found it as obvious as me, but to be fair, she also plays piano and we both sang in school chorus. Actually, her side of the family was very deistic and musically inclined going way back, so maybe that’s why? I don’t know, but it’s frustrating that my husband can’t hear these marvelous things and my kids often can’t hear them either. At least my kids seem to love music as much as I do, especially my youngest. He has a taste range as broad as my own 😊

The mention of 'Take my horse to the old town road' gave me wiplash since the commercial that played before this played that song

Not tone deaf, but this reminds me of when I lived in a youth home at 16 and one of the guys brought me to his room to check out his new sound system. He made sure I sat in the "right spot" and he looked so proud, and all I could do was smile and nod when he asked if I could hear how much better it sounded. I have ADHD, don't ask me to compare to something I heard a month ago, lol

Piano, piano, piano, piano.. truly a work of art 🙏

Love your eyes 💕 I literally watch your videos just to see them

OH MY GOD. THANK YOU. I rely almost solely on rhythm and lyrics to identify songs. Occasionally there's a really distinctive instrument in a song that helps me identify it, like one song by DM Dokuro for the Calamity mod soundtrack that has "Calamity Bells." That said, if you were to show me any other song that had a similar intro, I might not know the difference. Centuries and... What was it, Tom's Diner? They sound identical. On the plus side, 98% of the time i will not recognize if something is wrong with a song. Most of that 2% Megalovania because I listened to it and several variations obsessively as a teen, which has enabled me to pick up on the tone differences much more easily. It helps when my tone-deaf mother tries to sing. Piano man is actually pretty easy for me to recognize. It's got a distinctive piano opening that I don't usually hear on the radio stations I listen to EXCEPT for that song. If you make me do karaoke I will cry so hard I throw up. I have several memories of finding instrumentals to favorite songs and not recognizing them at all. Do not make my tone-deaf ass sing to music I cannot remotely begin to understand in tone or (without words) timing.

Why does Daniel just have the flogger on hand at 1:40