The statement was made:
a correlation between general intelligence and the ability to tap out a simple regular rhythm. They stress that the task subjects performed had nothing to do with any musical rhythmic sense but simply measured the capacity for rhythmic accuracy.
But I am not sure that there is a difference between musical rhythmic sense and rhythmic accuracy. To me it is a matter of semantics.
There is a public school here, set up as a charter school: The Special Music School. They are set up inconjunction with a private music & dance school attached to Lincoln Center. They have strict admissions, no IQ test, but they see each child and determine whether they have a natural sense of rhythm. Only 15 kids in the class. They have the best scores in the city, better than the gifted schools.
Ren
