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Artificially make people incapable of singing at all (even poorly), but still capable of speaking?

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Magic has recently become possible in my story, and singing is the mechanism by which humans use magic. A totalitarian regime wants citizens who can speak, but not sing in any way, even poorly. (That is, they cannot produce a note at all.) If necessary, the speaking they are capable of can be whispering, or can be otherwise distorted, as long as it is intelligible.

Is there a surgical procedure or some other mechanism that can accomplish this?

Can the procedure be reversed?

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