大音乐家莫扎特在作曲时,总爱即兴用口哨吹上一段。1784年春,他去一家宠物店闲逛时,发现老板在教一只八哥鸟唱当时流行的小调。莫扎特试着用口哨吹了一段新作的曲子,结果八哥当即就把旋律重复了一遍。莫扎特很是惊喜,立刻把它买了下来。很快,这只宠物鸟成了莫扎特的好伙伴。莫扎特作曲时,八哥就站在他的肩膀上,惟妙惟肖地模仿他的口哨声。不过,美中不足的是,不管莫扎特怎么调教,八哥也无法掌握正确的音程,而且总有一两个音符的音高不准。 Large musician Mozart composer, always love impromptu whistle blowing period. In the spring of 1784, while walking to a pet shop, he found that the boss was teaching a starling bird to sing a popular little tune at the time. Mozart tried to whistle blowing a new song, the results of the starling melody immediately repeat it. Mozart was surprised and bought it immediately. Soon, the pet bird became a good partner for Mozart. When Mozart composers, starling stood on his shoulder, vividly imitating his whistle. The upshot is that, no matter how Mozart teaches, the starlings can not get the correct range, and there are always one or two notes with different pitch.