--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG_dQC-cnk&feature=player_embedded > > > > > > This must be how the child, Mozart, played. As wonderfully as > > > she begins, her finish is powerful, and her composure and > > > mastery of the intellectual feat of grasping the music is > > > profoundly obvious. Clearly, this cannot be taught -- she > > > is born to it. > > > > Amazing....that is one old soul there, certainly a good argument > > for Reincarnation. > > Not necessarily. Seeing this kid do what she does at > her age could just as easily be a reminder that what > the majority of us thinks of as "How long does it take > to learn to play guitar well" is kinda retarded, and > based on how long it would take *us* to learn.
More likely, it's a reminder of how the North Koreans force their children to spend all their time working at becoming proficient in some skill rather than letting them just be children. That said, the girl's musical sense--as opposed to her technical skill--is, as Edg notes, not something that can be taught; you either have it, or you don't. This kid may or may not be virtuoso material in the artistic sense, but she certainly has more musical aptitude than the average kid, no matter how hard they study. I'd guess her parents most likely wisely recognized this and set her to studying guitar rather than acquiring an athletic skill with a view to competing in the Olympics. Hopefully she enjoys it enough that it makes up for the normal childhood she's not getting to experience.
