It is important for parents to know that their children can excel in academic sphere if they learn to play a musical instrument. In fact, it has been proved by scientists years back that if a child learns to play any musical instrument, his or her brain will start to hear & process sounds, which the child wouldn’t be able to hear otherwise. This will help the kid in developing neurophysiological distinction between specific sounds, which may assist in literacy, ultimately aiding him or her to have a much better academic results.
Many of you after reading this might have already googled the music classes in your local area within your mind. Right? But it is also important for you to know that your child should be interested in learning the musical instrument. He or she should be actively engaged in the class rather than just staring at the walls or scribbling in the notebook. If it is like he or she is not interested in taking the classes, then all these would be of no benefit.
A new study revealed that to reap the cognitive advantages of a music class, kids just cannot afford to sit there & let the sound of the musical instrument wash over them. They need to be engaged actively in music and participate in class. If the class has a group of students who are highly motivated, very little variations in their engagement with music, attendance as well as participation in class will predict the strength of their neutral processing after the training session.
Moreover, the study showed that children who played musical instruments like Irish accordions, guitars, banjos, flutes and trumpets had a lot more improved neural processing than kids who attended music appreciation group. Making music in fact matters a lot because its through active generation & use of sound that music may rewire brain. Study results have always supported the value of active participation & substantive engagement with sound for stimulating changes in brain. Meaningful engagement and active participation make children greatly involved in musical training.
Electrode wires were placed on the heads of a few students to capture the responses of their brains. The results showed that music training has a biological effect on the developing nervous systems of children. Then, a test was conducted to see whether the level of engagement in music training matters in reality. The result was positive. So, whether its Irish musical instruments, Indian musical instruments or musical instruments of any other culture, it is important that your child learns playing it or else there won’t be any biological changes in the CNS.
In order to keep your children interested in learning to play a musical instrument, you need to follow their intuitions with regards to keeping them engaged. You should find out what kind of music they are fond of, whether they will like that instrument you are thinking about, whether there are good teachers to teach playing it.
