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This kid is a freak!
From the same alien race that brought you Mozart...
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That's incredible. I'm envious of people who can see colors when they hear tones, thereby being able to pick them out later. To be able to hear entire symphonies is mind boggling.
Not to be picky, or stir the pot, but would you mind not referring to the young gentleman as a "freak?"
I know you didn't mean it in a negative way.
Thanks,
Bubba
Not to be picky, or stir the pot, but would you mind not referring to the young gentleman as a "freak?"
I know you didn't mean it in a negative way.
Thanks,
Bubba
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I dont think you are picky....but i bet hes a savant..they probably didnt mention that because its not meant to tear him down. I used to teach a 7y/o who knew any dinosaur and the period in which they lived. Yes he is amazing no doubt. I saw a special aboit a guy who could look at a landscape and draw it from memory with only 15 minutes to view it. He might be the next best composer ever.
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Yeah you are right, he IS Mozart. Lets hope he lives a longer, happier life this time around.
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Utterly astonishing and wonderful!
Regards,
Regards,
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He is a prodigy and his music is lovely. His family seem nice. But I don't think that prof is doing the child any favours by talking him up in this way.
Most TV-exposed prodigies seem to have a bit of a hard time later on from what I've noticed.
Here's an interesting article: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=2026
Most TV-exposed prodigies seem to have a bit of a hard time later on from what I've noticed.
Here's an interesting article: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=2026
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While the article is interesting, I don't see a lot of similarity between the examples in the article, and what this kid does.
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Yes, he is good. Listen to the music in the video! He was writing fugues at 8...
Yeah, they said that he drew a picture of and asked for a cello when he was 3 even though he'd never seen one in person. When they got to the store, he started playing it. Reminds me of the stories about Monk figuring out false fingerings for Trane. He seems to be a beast on piano, too. They showed him flipping over a Beethoven Sonata and reading it down upside down/backwards.
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You are right in the sense that the article is about the concept of "prodigy" in general rather than musical prodigy in particular. Do you not agree that the child is being presented as a musical prodigy, though?
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Sorry but I don't really buy that about the cello, It's clear that he is very good, but I think it's just because he is completely obsessed with music. He hears music in his head and all that matters to him is how to write it down. He has a clear goal and puts all his time and effort into it. Also were those fugues any good?
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Let's hope he doesn't get beat up by bullies as he's walking to school.
Seriously, though, this kid really is one of a kind. I do hope he can make it in this world and learn to handle the usual problems- relational, emotional, that super geniuses often have. Like Monk (the TV detective) says," It's a blessing,... and a curse."
Seriously, though, this kid really is one of a kind. I do hope he can make it in this world and learn to handle the usual problems- relational, emotional, that super geniuses often have. Like Monk (the TV detective) says," It's a blessing,... and a curse."
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Gardiner writes of multiple intelligences. One of those intelligences is 'musical'. This young man has an abundance of that sort of intelligence. It's not difficult to 'explain'. It's a gift, and it's rare.
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They can't and they won't, simply because all things they say about this kid is anecdotal and are impossible to verify.
Susan Polgar is an perfect example about someone who is clearly a genius and thanks to her father we know how she became this good. Her father used her as part of an educational experiment. He wanted her to excel at something, something which she picked herself. He had thought about math but she wanted to play chess. Her father had an hypothesis that any child could be almost a prodigy in some skill as long as the child really loved what he/she was doing and as long as their parents really supported them.
We can assume is he right because Susan Polgar became the first female to earn the title of grandmaster.
That being said, you don't really expect me to take a quote from a tv show seriously?
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TV show or not, this kind of genius is often accompanied by problems such as relating to people. So it does have its down side as well.The charcter on the show is able to see details at crime scenes things others can't, and solve crimes as a result. This gift can also reveal things about people which made him socially awkward- therefore the curse. The parallel between the TV charcter and this genius can be made, and so, the quote from the show is applicable. But you never saw the show, so you can't really relate. There is some truth to the expression. Sorry if it offended your intelligence. I believe this documentary is from a TV show- did you take it seriously?
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The character Monk is OCD. People that suffer from OCD can have much more serious problems than Monk has.
There is also Asperger's syndrome, which is on the Autism Spectrum. One of the things that Asperger's kids do is perseverate on whatever it is that interests them, to the exclusion of all else. They also tend to not function well in social situations.
I don't know if that is the case with this young man. I guess we'll just have to wait for puberty to do its thing with him, and see how he develops.
There is also Asperger's syndrome, which is on the Autism Spectrum. One of the things that Asperger's kids do is perseverate on whatever it is that interests them, to the exclusion of all else. They also tend to not function well in social situations.
I don't know if that is the case with this young man. I guess we'll just have to wait for puberty to do its thing with him, and see how he develops.
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