Many times, I am asked by parents about the academic benefits of having their children take music lessons. We hear all the time that learning music improves math scores and assists in other areas of academic performance, but why? My take on it is that music lessons and learning to read music are ‘brain exercises’
music and academics
Take a music lesson and hear better! in Denver or anywhere.
New research from Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument for even a brief period in childhood can improve actual hearing. Adults who had a least a couple years of music instruction in childhood heard fundamental frequency sound waves better than those who did not have music instruction. This is an aspect of hearing
Music and the brain
Music and the brain… When I did a stint as a brain trainer for an established learning center, I was struck by the fact that we did about 90% of our brain exercises set to a metronome. Yes, the thing that sat on top of my piano all through my early years. A metronome. After