d*****u 发帖数: 17243 | 1 See the following from Scientific American online:
November 09, 2004
Speaking Tonal Languages Promotes Perfect Pitch
A new study concludes that young musicians who speak Mandarin Chinese can
learn to identify isolated musical notes much better than English speakers
can. Fewer than one American in 10,000 has absolute pitch, which means they
can identify or produce a note without reference to any other note. Also
called perfect pitch, this skill requires distinguishing sounds that differ
by just 6 |
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