3 Reasons To Learn How To Play An Instrument

• Brain Development

Brain plas­tic­ity refers to the brain’s abil­ity to change through­out life. Changes asso­ci­ated with learn­ing occur mostly at the con­nec­tions between neu­rons. When studying musicians, they found that the cor­tex vol­ume was high­est in pro­fes­sional musi­cians, inter­me­di­ate in ama­teur musicians, and lowest in non-musicians.

• Playing Music Makes You Happy

Studies have shown repeatedly that the brain releases dopamine in reaction to hearing music, and even more so when you are the one playing it. Music teaching is used to counteract depression, anxiety, and other psychological pains. Along with making you happier, Dopamine has been shown to increase motivation and decrease addiction. So play music, be happy.

• Transferable Skills

In a study of children, it revealed that those with three or more years of musical training preformed better in fine motor skills and auditory discrimination abilities then those who had none. They even tested better for vocabulary and reasoning skills, even though those are quite separate from music training. All of these skills prove useful in different facets of life, all are derived from learning a musical instrument.