On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 15:50 -0500, William Case wrote:
You will notice that the first 11 URL's I cite are for people like me who have 'tin ears' and only have a secondary interest in sound as it relates to music. As a side note, all my life I had distinguished music as having only three characteristics; loud or soft, high or low; and, pleasant or annoying. It seems that I wasn't as far off the mark as I thought I was. I will, from hereon, try to pick up on and understand some of the more basic musical nuances I hear.
Might be worth exploring some other types of music, if you're tone deaf, you might find something that does appeal.
As well as popular, there's a plethora of genres: Classical, jazz, avantgarde, percussion, etc., etc.