3/2/2023 0 Comments Chinese child piano prodigynature loads the gun, people pull the trigger, societal and cultural influences likely helps to increase the phenotypic expression of these traits. there's just more Asian pianists.Įxpression of the traits is high driven by environment. generally it's probably safe to say, given the importance those cultures place on excelling at the instrument, your pool of observable individuals is much larger. Then in a much larger population, you will see more total individuals with said traits. So even w/ a common genetic marker incidence rate, ie said trait expected to appear x percent of the time, then the math swings things in their favor, so let's say some combination of genetic traits that sets someone up for piano success happens at. Countries of the pacific rim are some of the most populous on the planet/high population densities. The cultural atmosphere of pre-civil rights America is what drew so many musicians to jazz (even classical aficionados gave up on classical because of racial discrimination.read about charles mingus if you want an example.) Similarly, it's like saying people of African descent are naturally better at jazz because it was a genre pioneered and dominated by them. It's just that their culture encourages it a lot more than our culture does. There are over 30 million piano students in China alone, more than Sweden's or Norways TOTAL population alone xD.īut yeah, I don't believe that Asians are at a genetic advantage when it comes to classical piano. I know it seems weird enough but western classical music is a much bigger and more lucrative market in far east asia than it is anywhere else (including Europe) in the world. I forgot the exact details, but one of the primary reasons for this is that their languages highly depend on variations of tones/pitches which isn't the same for most European languages ( i believe Scandinavian languages are the exception, don't remember.) The rate of absolute pitch/perfect pitch is higher among Asians than it is among Europeans. Far east asian populations (Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese etc) do have a higher average in IQ compared to most European groups, and African, and south american. This goes along the lines of "Asians are great at everything" stereotypes and there might be some truth to it. Yuja Wang, although I generally dislike her interpretations I consider her to be one of the best living interpreter of Prokofiev's concertos. Seong Jin the dude who just won the Chopin' competition, is also absolutely amazing. Thanks in advance! / Thai Son, is an incredible interpreter of Chopin's music I just want to know so I know whether I should feel jealous next time I see an amazingly good Asian kid or feel admiration for the dedicated work and effort and time he or she has put into it. It would be interesting to hear from teachers who have had lots of students or students who are Asians, so this myth (or truth?) can be put to rest once and for all. Of course, no parent probably wouldn't want to show off an Asian kid who actually sucks at the piano (so the data might be skewed), but you see lots of Caucasian people who are ok at piano while you rarely see Asian people who are just "ok" at piano. His piano skills are very very much better than mine, although I only casually played piano for 10 years and just a few months ago started to really practice seriously to get better with my left hand and both combined.Īnd I see lots of young Asian kids play piano superbly, and it begs the question, as many people joke about: are Asians genetically better at piano (have a talent for it) or do they just practice more?
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