Learning a musical instrument is an extremely enriching experience for adults and children alike. Adults and children can benefit from learning an instrument in an endless number of ways – although, most of these ways are overlooked by the public at large! Nevertheless, these benefits are what make learning an instrument so important, so discover more about them, below.
The Benefits Related To Cognitive Development
For children, learning a musical instrument fosters a number of benefits related to their cognitive development. For example, it greatly improves their memory, concentration and problem-solving skills! They’ll grow to be more creative and disciplined in daily life, with an ability to overcome any of the obstacles that life will surely throw at them! After all, musical learning requires a great amount of practice, patience and responsibility.
Equally, adults receive many mental and emotional rewards from learning a musical instrument. It’s a remarkably productive way to escape the stresses of daily life, including a bustling working week, and can keep your brain stimulated to even delay the onset of age-related cognitive decline.
The Benefits Related To Motor Skills
Children are constantly learning how to connect with the world around them, and this is an intensely sensory experience that relies on coordination and dexterity! As a result, learning musical instruments can benefit their fine motor skills, and encourage the development of these skills in other areas of their life over time.
During music lessons, a child becomes more used to precise hand movements and the coordination between the hands and eyes required of learning an instrument, and therefore can easily translate these adaptations to improved motor control in their daily life. This continues to be true for adults learning an instrument for the first time!
As we get older, it’s even more important to remain dexterous and sharp in our movements as our body declines in flexibility and strength. Musical instruments can prepare you for a comfortable and healthy later life, where you retain much of your fine motor control.
Now that you know how important learning a musical instrument can be, take the chance to book music lessons with Modern Music Learning in Takapuna, today. Our music lessons engage your passion and love of music, whilst incorporating the technical (and, unfortunately, characterised as ‘boring’) knowledge you need to take your skills further – whatever instrument you choose.