Most people believer that musicians are born with special talents. But Professor John Sloboda of the Department of psychology at Keele University argues that there is no strong scientific proof to support this view. Professor Sloboda, who has made a study of 120 young people learning musical instrument concludes that most young people could become competent musicians if they had supportive parents and kind and enthusiastic teachers, and if they were sufficiently motivated Of the thousands of young people who take up a musical instrument each year, most give up ofter a few year's ' say Professor Sloboda. This is partly because they do not get the right parental support. It is essential for parents to remember that none becomes a musician overnigh. It requires hours of practice. They should praise their children even when what they produce is more like noise than music. Professor Sloboda admits that not everyone will turn out to be a Mozart but point out that even Mozart had had to put in the practice
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