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One of the things I quickly noticed in my short stent as choir director at church was that so very often the folks with the least musical ability had the loudest voices. I came to realize that these folks were truly unaware that they were off key. They were absolutely unable to hear (keys?/tones?/melodies?) and therefore didn't understand they weren't hitting them. I suspect the same is true of many of the folks so enamored with karaoke. I don't do karaoke, so I'm not really speaking with any authority on that subject. I just know that there really are people who don't know how off they are, musically.

For what it's worth as far as my choral philosophy goes, I figure that compared to an angelic choir there probably wasn't that much difference between the best and the worst of us. That our actual goal was to make a joyful noise to the Lord, and these folks were certainly joyful and making noise. They are welcome in any choir I lead.