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A good question, the kind that should always be raised with these sorts of studies. On the anecdotal side, I've played music with a lot of people over the year
by slfnflctd 11y ago
A good question, the kind that should always be raised with these sorts of studies.
On the anecdotal side, I've played music with a lot of people over the years, and have long suspected there is some sort of inborn talent spectrum for both rhythm and pitch discernment (somewhat separately from each other, too). Practicing a ton will make a difference, but it definitely appears that certain skills come much more easily for some people than others. Good drummers are actually pretty hard to find in my experience, and they tend to be in high demand.
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- stef25 11y agoWhen I was a young kid I took up drum lessons and immediately became very good at it. On the exams I always had 90% or higher, other kids really looked up to me and I didn't really understand the big deal. Didn't practise much at all, was never nervous, didn't see my achievements as anything special. When taking lessons in a music school I also had to follow separate classes of music theory which I hated, so I wanted to quit. But my teacher desperately wanted me to continue and allowed me to follow his classes "unofficially". Then I started playing in bands and the other members were always really impressed. Again I didn't understand why. I'm at best mediocre at everything else I do: other musical instruments, being a developer, these kind of logical reasoning intelligence & maths tests. Don't really excel at anything at all but I always felt that playing drums was some kind of built in talent I had, so I believe there's a kind of person that's born with a real talent for rhythm.