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In 1762, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began a tour around Europe. His first stop was a palace in Bavaria. As a seven-year-old kid, his feet were far from reaching the floor, and his hands were barely able to reach the piano keys. Nevertheless, he fully convinced the audience of his ability through his performance. The Bavarian aristocrats were thoroughly amazed by his virtuosity. But this is not the whole story of his talent. Little Mozart was able to identify the sound of any musical instrument and tell whether it was the A-sharp above middle C, or the E-flat below middle C. Itās like seeing a car rushing past and being able to accurately tell whether itās going 58.2 or 61 miles per hour. This kind of ability even overshadowed adult musicians in Mozartās time. Now, people call it āabsolute pitch.ā It is exceptionally rare. Many great composers and virtuoso like Brahms and Stravinsky didnāt even have it. On average, only one in every 10,000 people have this gift.
This seems to be a perfect example that proves only a few lucky people have innate talents, while ordinary people can only admire them. At least, this was widely believed for 200 years after Mozartās case.
However, over the past few decades, people have developed a new understanding of absolute pitch. Researchers noticed that there is an important fact that has long been ignored by the theory of innate talent. That is, Wolfgang Mozartās father, Leopold Mozart, was also a musician. Since he never reached the degree of success he wanted, he devoted himself to the training of his children. When Mozart was four years old, his father was and teaching him full time all kinds of musical instruments such as violin and harpsichord. So, is it possible that Mozartās absolute pitch resulted from acquired training, or in other words, deliberate practice? This theory isnāt baseless. In recent years, this assumption has already been proven by neuroscientific studies. In other words, talent is a product of training. Furthermore, this method of training can be traced, which is exactly what the book Peak wants to tell us.
