As a trained musician, who started studying piano at the age of six, I can tell you that music is something that is perceived not as much by training, as by listening.
I separate the two. I started LISTENING to all kinds of music as a pre-teen, not just piano repertoire. Not to be boastful, but that set me apart from the majority of Juilliard pianists who perceived music through their fingers. At many Juilliard student recitals, little in the way of musical communication was present. (That was years ago, the standards may be higher today.)
The point is that music is an aural art, not a technical one when it comes to appreciation. Even musical analysis, which can help you “understand” the music, cannot tell you how to you FEEL it. There are music professors who have orgasms over the intricacies of musical structure, who often don’t get the point which, of course is COMMUNICATION.
So, I feel on equal footing with those who love music but don’t have musical training.