>>14086772>Appreciating complex music is a bit like solving the auditory equivalant of a fluidly changing Raven matrix. You don't get the full effect unless you can keep track of all the moving patterns and how they relate to each other, so that you always have a reasonable expectation of what should come next, and enjoy that little dance with the composer where your experience alternates between hearing what your hear was craving to hear, and getting completely thrown off and surprised.I think this actually is probably correct and a very good analogy. It's debatable to what degree that correlates with g, but it's definitely a form of cognition and some people are better at it than others. I think it can probably be trained in many people, if their working memory isn't abysmal.
It definitely doesn't necessarily imply you're any good at making music, though. It's probably a prerequisite for making top-tier music, but it's not sufficient even for making bottom of the barrel music.
