Can I still learn to sing if I'm tone deaf?

I think you need to find out if you are truly "tone deaf."

What you need to do is merely do pitch exercises every day. Intonation is something that even professional musicians have to deal with from time to time.

So frankly, yes, I think anyone can sing, just some are more disposed to fixing intonation problems than others.

As a vocal coach I have trained several people who were "tone deaf" to sing- with great pitch accuracy! Unless there is true organic (physical) damage to the ear which eliminates the ability to process sound signals, you can indeed learn to sing. Being tone deaf is a "lack of aural education". Somehow you missed a natural training of your hearing abilities to distinguish differences in pitch.

You can make up for lost time if you are willing to dig in and do some consistent target practice. Play a note, try to match it. At first you will need to have someone present (a vocal coach would be great) to tell you if you are right. Then move up to several notes in a row, then notes in strange intervals, etc. You need to know how to find good breath support and control, and how to make sounds with an open throat, too, in order to truly sing your best. http://judyrodman.com

I already answered this question, but I don't see my answer, so I will answer again. The determination of who is and who is not tone deaf is evidently very far from being agreed upon. Therefore, if you do think that you are tone deaf, it would be appropriate for you to ask yourself why you think so.

Voice-to-note software can show you if you are on the note. The Music Master Works program has this feature, and it is available in the form of a free trialware version. This is a powerful tool which can give you the answer to the question "Am I really tone deaf adter all?".

Now I see my first answer. But since I didn't see it among the others until after I signed in, I will answer twice!

On the face of it, the term "Tone deaf" would appear to be self-evident in regards to its definition. Unfortunately, the predominant test for "tone deafness" which has been posted on the internet, however, by none other than a Harvard professor, is not really a test for tone-deafness at all, but rather a test for melodic memory, which is not the same thing. I suggest that you download the free trialware version of the Music Master Works program, and make use of the voice-to-note feature. First, play a note on a five-dollar harmonica, or some other convenient tone-source, and then try to match it. Here is a tip: When using a harmonica, your voice will register one octave lower, but the screen will tell you if you are on the note in the lower octave. Good luck.

I think it would be very difficult, maybe not impossible.

Never stopped Roger Waters..

Or Hootie, but that dude is not my style.

Yes look at bethoven e was deaf and was the greatest piano player of alltime