People with musical training — whether instrumental or vocal — are better at imitating pitch than someone without that training.

This indicates that tonal languages are significantly rarer in dry regions. In relatively dry Central Europe, no tonal languages have developed like those found in the Tropics, Subtropical Asia and ...

image: Languages in humid regions of the Earth (light circles) are more often tonal languages (red) than in dry regions. view more Credit: MPI f. Psycholinguistics/ Roberts ...

Your native language could impact your musical ability. A global study that compared the melodic and rhythmic abilities of almost half a million people speaking 54 different languages found that ...

Your native language could impact your musical ability. A global study that compared the melodic and rhythmic abilities of almost half a million people speaking 54 different languages found that ...

The Hmong language, spoken in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, can have seven or even eight tones. It’s dazzling, really. If you say paw like a statement, it means “female.” ...

Speaking a tonal language (such as Cantonese) primes the brain for musical training Date: April 2, 2013 Source: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care ...

Bidelman says that just because speakers of tonal languages are better able to hear music, it does not necessarily mean they are better able to play musical instruments.