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they can spot the music majors in the first day of class just by noticing how much better at pronunciation they are than the other students

It makes sense. I can see at least two explanations. First musicians are used to listening to sounds in order to reproduce them accurately. Second, less obvious reason, is that they are less shy to "perform". Maybe I'm wrong and generalizing my own case, but I think that sometimes people are just too shy to work on their accent. As kids, we used to make fun of those that were trying to have a correct accent.

It always blows my mind to listen to songs from my childhood, which was before I learnt to play music. When I was a kid I was effectively tone deaf– didn't recognize pitches, harmonies, bass, etc. Now I hear the nuances, and it's interesting to look at old things with sharper eyes. Makes sense that it would affect language skills.

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