Originally Posted by
BrianWilliam
Babies are born with the gift of knowing how to breathe not knowing how to paint or play the mandolin. People who seem to have a special gift have spent way more time practicing than you and me.
From the Wiki article linked above:
"Neurologically intact individuals appear to be born musical. Even before they are able to talk, infants show remarkable musical abilities that are similar to those of adults in that they are sensitive to musical scales and a regular tempo.[2] Also, infants are able to differentiate between consonant and dissonant intervals. These perceptual skills indicate that music-specific predispositions exist.[2]"
If 4% of the population lacks this ability due to congenital amusia, is it really all that hard to imagine that another 4% of individuals at the other end of the bell curve are what we usually call genetically "gifted," with a higher than average musical potential?
Note that I said potential, not that it doesn't require hard work to develop the potential.
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