We spend the first two years of our lives learning to see, hear, smell, touch, taste, talk and then walk. After that our minds are free and open to learn anything and most important as you point out, "ready" to learn, but this youngster was exposed to the genre before he was born and even after birth, so he had this exposure at an optimum time to learn what he now has mastered.

This learning prime time has been known and exploited in Asia for centuries. And yet, everyone marvels and wonders why are Asian children always honor students and at the top of their class in American class rooms.

This 4 year old will undoubtedly loose or not progress further once he is exposed to TV, the games that follow and the dumb ed down teaching now found in our schools. Music was the first thing removed from the curriculum in Alabama when money got tight, but you can bet football will be the last thing to go.

I believe the lack of teaching music and the other arts in schools is part of the reason so many kids fall into gangs and other poor social habits. They have nothing to provide for self gratification and release of emotions gained from accomplishment of worthwhile en-devours.

Bill G