How does Beethoven's music sound so good when he was supposedly deaf? Was it simply h...?

Yes, Beethoven somehow managed to figure out what notes sounded good together, in spite of him being deaf. What they don’t tell you is that although he wrote and published a lot of music, there…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [How does Beethoven's music sound so good when he was supposedly deaf? Was it simply him figuring out what notes would sound good together?]( Alex Johnston, BA (Hons) in music theory/technology of music/musicology • [Updated June 26, 2019]( [Yes, Beethoven somehow managed to figure out what notes sounded good together, in spite of him being deaf. What they don’t tell you is that although he wrote and published a... Read more » [Upvote] 762 [Comment] 55](   [An atom is 99.999999% empty. If atoms are mostly empty space, why do objects look solid?]( Irfan Khan • [Updated Wed]( [Atoms appear solid due to the intricate dance of their constituent particles. The electrons, in constant motion around the nucleus, occupy specific orbitals and are held in... 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