{"id":41,"date":"2008-07-26T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2015-09-15T15:25:20","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T15:25:20","slug":"what-makes-a-piano-prodigy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2008\/07\/what-makes-a-piano-prodigy\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a piano prodigy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"music4surgery\" data-hashtags=\"Piano+Prodigy\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/brain_blog\/2008\/07\/what-makes-a-piano-prodigy\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JfAZ0nBV1Zg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JfAZ0nBV1Zg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" \/><\/object> Have you ever wondered why some children are born with magnificent musical talents and some with devastating physical, mental and emotional handicaps? Much has been written about the latter but not nearly as much about the former. We know that musical talent tends to run in families. The study of genetics has come a long, long way in the past several decades, but some gifts are so staggering that it is hard to imagine these children exist. Mozart was one such wunderkind.<br \/>\nIf you haven&#8217;t seen the movie &#8220;Vitus,&#8221; you must go immediately and rent it. This little boy is a true musical geius and piano prodigy. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Have you ever wondered why some children are born with magnificent musical talents and some with devastating physical, mental and emotional handicaps? Much has been written about the latter but not nearly as much about the former. We know that musical talent tends to run in families. 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