As a former professional musician I was initially provoked since the title clearly does not align with what I experienced when working. What the study refers t

As a former professional musician I was initially provoked since the title clearly does not align with what I experienced when working. What the study refers to as musical ability is in fact the skill to discern different pitches and rhythms. Obviously there is an enormous amount af practice required to master an instrument. But I still find it hard to “agree” with the paper, I’ve noticed large differences in how attuned I am to pitch and rhythm depending on how much I’ve practiced. Hearing pitch, at least for me, is a skill that can be both trained and lost. Which makes me think that maybe it is not the total amount of hours practiced that is important but also how recent that practice was. I can find no mention in the paper of how “fresh” the participants skills were. Also, there is a huge difference in how you practice, how efficient it is etc. To be fair I didn’t fully understand the statistical stuff, but all in all this fells like a somewhat blunt study especially considering the provocative title. Edit: spelling