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Research is being conducted into the mysterious musical [1] some people possess known as perfect pitch. Musicians with this talent are able to name and sing a [2] without reference to another and it is this that separates them from the majority who have only [3] pitch. The research aims to find out whether this skill is the product of genetic inheritance or early exposure to [4] or, as some researchers believe, a combination of both. One research team sought a link between perfect pitch and [5] languages in order to explain the high number of Asian speakers with perfect pitch. Speakers of Vietnamese and Mandarin were asked to recite [6] on different occasions and the results were then compared in terms of [7]. A separate study found that the approach to teaching music in many Asian [8] emphasised playing by ear whereas the US method was based on the relative pitch approach.