I am interested in learning to scat and mentioned I saw some books on the topic to my voice teacher who comes from a more classical type of singing though she can do standards. When I told her about the books she said "oh you can't learn to scat from a book - it's something you just have inside you."

I don't think I agree with this statement. While I do agree you probably have to have a good sense of rhythm and time I don't see why you couldn't pick it up from a book. To me this is like saying "if you don't have perfect pitch you can't do music!"

What do you guys think? Thanks!