<p>Does it??
And if one has been listening to it since early childhood, probably as an infant, does one develop perfect pitch??</p>
<p>Just curious :)</p>
<p>Perfect pitch is considered an innate talent, not a learned one. You either have it…or you don’t! You can’t study towards it, but you can improve your pitch with ear training, etc.</p>
<p>But listening to or playing classical music has been proven to have other benefits for the brain, so it is a good thing, no matter what!</p>
<p>I listen to loads of classical music and the answer is, regrettably, no.</p>
<p>An en situ experiment, I think on BBC, strongly suggested that cows produce more milk when exposed to “slow” soft music (“slow” being least one second per note on average) as opposed to loud or “fast” music.</p>
<p>Also, according to Explorer, children who learn music theory and performance at a young age have a relatively advanced count of connections in the middle of the brain.</p>
<p>Edit: Sorry, I cannot answer your question. Age almost definitely factors in (with <2 years being most malleable) and listening isn’t so great.</p>
<p>Re: perfect pitch</p>
<p>I thought children who played piano very young were potentially able to develop perfect pitch.</p>
<p>Maybe it is that if you have the genetic predisposition and then get to take piano lessons very young, then you very likely will have perfect pitch when tested when you are older.</p>
<p>I am almost sure I heard that people with perfect pitch almost invariably had piano lessons as young children. My son’s guitar teacher told me this when she told me that she suspected my son actually had perfect pitch. I didn’t know what this was and she had to explain it to me. He does play sort of by ear, actually, and interestingly, he did have piano lessons for a few months only when he was about 4, then they were abruptly stopped–I won’t go into that!</p>
<p>Re. the original question, I’m interested too! My understanding, though, was that for adults listening, the benefit is temporary. also, regarding kids, you have to listen for years in early childhood, esp before age 1, to get this benefit. </p>
<p>I am interested in the responses of others who probably know more than I do!</p>
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