Music is something that everyone has in common, whether you play in installment or listen to music like its your religion. Music has a big impact on our lives. In this article it gives you many different reasons why playing an instrument can impact your life. I think the number one benefit of playing an instrument is that it increasing the capacity of your brain. I totally agree with that, just from observing throughout my high school the kids that played an instrument mainly had more knowledge and better grades than the kids that didn’t play instruments.
Some of the benefits include increased responsibility, boosting them skills, expansion to cultural history, promotes social skills, relives stress and the list goes on and on.
Playing an instrument has so many benefits that its hard to see a reason why not to play one. Obviously now in our lives its harder to pick up and instrument and learn it but think out all the benefits that it could have on your children some day.
I can definitely relate to this article because I have been surrounded by music and the arts my entire life! My highschool was solely a music school, much like you would picture high school musical…people signing in the hallways, people always practicing something new in the theater, etc. In all honestly, I received so much joy from being around music so often, because it is just so uplifting and pleasant. Overall, I enjoyed reading your blog!
I am definitely a supporter in regard to music being beneficial. I listen to music for hours every single day. It helps me relive stress adjust sit back and chill. It also definitely puts me in a better mood. Music is definitely beneficial. Check out this article. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/science-backed-reasons-music-good/story?id=26898060
I agree with your idea. I love listening to music. I can focus on my homework when I listen to music. I can sleep better when I listen to music. I can learn many different things from the lyrics. Music just helps me a lot. Here’s a website also talks about the benefit of music. http://www.nafme.org/20-important-benefits-of-music-in-our-schools/
I am always listening to music, wether I’m doing homework, trying to sleep or just chilling. It puts you in such a good mood and defiantly helps you focus. I started playing an instrument in elementary school and it defiant shaped me into the person I am today.
This post was very interesting. Musical people, from my experiences, are usually very bright and intelligent. In regards to your blog you may want to pose a question and then answer it through different experiments and articles. If you asked, “Are musical people smarter?” and then answered the question incorporating techniques from class, it could enhance your blog post.
I’ve played instruments throughout my life and I do agree that is is beneficial. At some times it can be stressful based off of pressure or how far you want to push yourself, but it is also a good release. I found this article http://time.com/3634995/study-kids-engaged-music-class-for-benefits-northwestern/ by Melissa Locker that stresses the importance of music playing only to be beneficial when it is at one’s own will.
I definitely agree that music can be beneficial in so many ways! You should look a little further into this topic. I’m sure there have been plenty of studies done on this, perhaps you could research this to help prove your case even better. Here’s an article that goes along with this idea, listing numerous advantages: http://greatist.com/happiness/unexpected-health-benefits-music