Teaching Animals

[Nightscape]

This may sound silly, but do you think it would be theoretically possible to teach an intelligent animal to play a musical instrument?

[asyncopated]

I've always wanted to teach my dog chopsticks!  If anyone has a plan, I'll try it out.

I reckon teaching a dog will be easier than teach a hyperactive, three year old kid.  but that's just me.

[Toivot]

Maybe monkeys 

[cadenz]

i saw some monkey on tv play this little melody that is often ending silly pieces that goes like:  C F# G G# A G B C

[abell88]

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2190196.stm

Elephant band (seriously!)

[ranakor]

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2190196.stm

Elephant band (seriously!)

i've seen that on tv & from what i remember they don't much have a sence of music but have a good sence of rythm

[alraydo]

Hey Cadenz...what's the rhythm on the monkey-ditty?

[cadenz]

Hey Cadenz...what's the rhythm on the monkey-ditty?

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C - - F#G G#A - - G - -|- - - B - - C - - - - -|
1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - -|1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - -|

i know this doesn't make much sense, but where the letter is written its the beat it lies on. the F# G and G# are like a triplet, and the rest are like occuring on the main beats

[alraydo]

Oh yeah... kind of like a fancy "Shave-and-a-haircut - - two bits!"