Michael Redrum Willow

We often see young children playing an instrument or singing, showing excellent performing skills. And often times we hear people talking about a ”talent” or a ”born musician” without understanding exactly what musical ability means and how this affects the musical development. In fact there are two different types of arguments. One side supports that everything is possible for a human. All the skills and abilities that a person adopts is nothing more than the results of a good teaching and training mixed with the appropriate environmental influences and circumstances. The other side rejects this theory supporting that everything we do is based on the temperament. The teacher does nothing except for giving the right directions, but firstly the student must be talented in order to progress.

Is musicality biologically inherited or are there equal musical possibilities for everyone? This is an issue that particularly concerns parents and often confuses teachers. It is not rare for parents, when receiving progress reports, to ask the teacher ?is my son talented?, ?is my daughter really able to sing?? A question that has caused debates and bothered students and teachers for a long time finally have answers based on different resources.
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