Have a spare hour and ready to dive into some crazy ideas? Musician Rick Beato made several videos that are essential viewing for anyone interested in perfect pitch, especially if they have young children or may have kids later.
A very quick summary is:
- Rick makes fun videos and is good at music
- Rick had kids
- Rick did unique ‘training’ with these kids when very young
- These kids ended up with amazing musical skills
The jury is out on whether Rick’s theories are true or if it’s all just a case of coincidence here, but that’s fine. The videos are still thought provoking. Even if the theories are bunk, what they’re implying is free and doesn’t hurt anyone, so where’s the downside?
In my view, this 4th video is where the series runs out of steam in a major nose-dive kind of way.
Solfege a complete waste of time (I taught it for two years at a Canadian university to very bright undergrads), evidenced by the fact that even Rick can’t remember the syllables. Solfege has some good ideas, but the total package is a total failure. A simple system where you sing “1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8” is way better.
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Here are two more videos with Dylan. Regardless of your take on how repeatable Rick’s method is, Dylan’s skills are totally awesome. There’s no doubt that Rick’s training had a major role here, but clearly Dylan was born with some major aptitude too.