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5 Reasons to Learn a Musical Instrument

Benefits of music education and reasons why you should learn to play a musical instrument.

This Is How Music Can Change Your Brain

Actively learning to play an instrument can help a child's academic achievement

Stop Forcing Your Kids to Learn a Musical Instrument

Our daughter Rebekah, who is in second grade, takes three after-school classes every week. On Monday there is violin; on Wednesday, Hebrew; and on Thursday, ballet. One of these classes connects her to a religious tradition going back three thousand years. Two of them are pretty well pointless.I don’t mean that as a bad thing. Pointlessness rules, as far as I am concerned. Lots of great activities...

Set the Stage: Everything You Need to Furnish Your Music Room

Look around your music room. Is anything missing? If your students are sitting cross-legged on the floor amidst piles of music, there might be some things you

A Party in the Music Room ?!?! It Can Be Yours.

Just about never. That's how often there's a party in the gorgeous Music Room. But for $100, you get the chance to hold a fun gathering for 30 people. Just 500 tickets will be sold! Purchase Your Raff

This Music Room Will Inspire You to Create Your Own

Want A Mini Symphony In Your Living Room? There's An App For That

Groupmuse brings classic music to your living room with on-demand musicians.

Long-Term Benefits of Music Lessons

A new study reports that older adults who took lessons at a young age can process the sounds of speech faster than those who did not.

Make Homemade Music with These 6 DIY Instruments

There are so many lessons to learn from music, and these 6 DIY instruments will have your family learning and making homemade music in no time.

Why Surgeons Listen To Music In The Operating Room

When you're going into surgery, the type of music that your doctors will be listening to is probably the last thing on your mind. But your surgeon's play...

18 Benefits of Playing a Musical Instrument

The Chinese philosopher Confucius said long ago that "Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." Playing a musical instrument has many benefits and can bring joy to you and to everyone around you. This article will provide you with 18 benefits of playing an instrument and will hopefully give you a better sense of appreciation and pride for music.

Choosing a Musical Instrument

For the Withers family of Abingdon, Maryland, the house rule is if you want to live here, you have to learn to play a musical instrument. “We said, ‘We How to help your child choose a musical instrument and foster a lifelong love of music

10 Tips for Small-Room Acoustics

When Mix editor Tom Kenny asked me to write this article, he stated that the emphasis should not be on professionally designed rooms, or on bedroom studios, but somewhere in between. This is where so many people are these days, creating professional content for the gaming, film and music industries, but doing so in makeshift surroundings—either adapted spaces or purpose-built spaces made in a DIY fashion.

Familiar Tunes Rapidly Jog the Brain

Within just a third of a second of hearing a snippet of a familiar refrain, our pupils dilate, and the brain shows signs of recognition. Christopher Intagliata reports.

3 Things Parents Must Tell Their Children When They Begin a Musical Instrument

“You are allowed to fail, and you will become better because of your failures.” There are no red pen marks for missed notes in music the way there are on tests — there is nothing to feel bad about when you play something “wrong” in music. To become skilled at a musical instrument — and to become great at anything — one needs to struggle a little. In your child’s case, they need to sound bad before they sound good; they need to…

Study: Music Education Aids Cognitive Development

After two years of musical training, children's music skills and auditory pathways were more developed than those of their peers, said USC researchers.

To Take Up a Musical Instrument, First Pick Up Your Phone

Apps can help you learn to play piano, guitar and other instruments through videos, interactive graphics and real-time feedback on your progress.