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Learning to play an instrument stimulates the brain cells, improving functions like memory and abstract reasoning skills, which are essential for math and science. Music, in general, helps bring balance and harmony in one's life. Children who learn to play an instrument have an outlet for creativity and their emotions.

Improves Memory

“Further research has shown that participation in music at an early age can improve children’s learning ability and memory by stimulating different patterns of brain development,” says Maestro Eduardo Marturet, a composer, conductor and musical director for the Miami Symphony Orchestra. Learning an instrument teaches children how to create, store and retrieve memories more efficiently.

Stimulates Creativity

Practicing music is a creative pursuit. Learning to play an instrument does wonders to the creative side of a child’s brain. No matter how much the music teacher annotates a composition, they cannot fully express how a piece of music should be played. So, it’s upon the learner to put their own stamp on a piece. Every time your children hold their instrument to practice something they will have to inject a part of their personality into it. This gives kids a healthy and composed way to channelize their inner creativity.

Teaches Patience

Patience is the highest virtue of living a contented life. Playing a musical instrument means having to preserve through hours, days, and possibly years of practice. It helps children learn for one fact that the more effort you put into something, better the results will be. Besides, music lessons also make children understand how to set goals. They will be able to set short term and long term goals for learning a specific note and a new song with lots of different notes respectively.