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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only by the sound of a word but also by pitch. With remarkable precision such people use the same pitch each time they say a certain word. They all have perfect pitch. Researchers think it's possible that all babies are born with perfect pitch and that those who learn a tonal language hang on to it, while most of the rest of us lose it along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Little Musicians | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...keyboard, listening with her as the notes rise and fall in pitch. Sing a note as it is played, and plunk out simple tunes. Dancing, skipping and banging on a wastebasket are also advisable. Suzuki training on strings and keyboard can begin as early as three. Most children can learn to play a recorder and pick out tunes on a piano at around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Little Musicians | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...your child has extraordinary musical talent, it will be evident; genius has a way of announcing itself. But even if your child isn't the next Mozart, he will develop a fine sense of pitch and learn to carry a tune and love music. In my family the perfect pitch skipped from my mother to my daughter, missing me. But that didn't stop me from making a living as a lounge singer for a while or from belting out some pretty good show tunes in the shower. My daughter, with her scary dog hearing and perfect pitch, can tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Little Musicians | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...request of its publisher, Activision, id has included a bloodless game option that turns off offensive splatter. The interface is simple enough for anyone to learn in five minutes and play for five minutes at a time, and it doesn't take a Ph.D. in rocketry to get your head round such scenarios as Capture the Flag. "People will view it as a casual thing," Carmack told me, "a pastime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good, Clean Quake | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...condition the drug is supposed to treat, how to take it and what possible side effects you might expect. Then, as a check, ask those same questions of the pharmacist who fills the order. Most of the time there won't be a problem. But it never hurts to learn all you can about what you're putting in your body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixed-Up Meds | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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