Learn To Play - Help Yourself

Learning how to play a musical instrument helps you to focus your attention. Playing the piano for example, you have to hear the sound of the key you are pushing, you have to know the key you are pushing is “A”. This means you have to focus your attention and concentrate. Everytime you hit the key you know the sound is for the “A” note. If you can focus your attention and concentrate enough to learn a musical note, you can concentrate on your school history assignment or any subject,  and “get it”. Learning how to play the piano means memorizing the musical scale – All Cows Eat Grass (A, C, E, G). This tells you if you can memorize the sounds of the musical notes, you can memorize other things like spelling words, or a presentation you are giving on your job. Learning how to play the piano or any instrument requires discipline. In order to learn to play, you have to be still/quiet and practice for an hour, or two. If you can set aside one hour to play an instrument then you can set aside an hour to do other things, like clean your room, write a paper, or cut the grass. Not only is the sound of music relaxing/soothing to the body, but when you play, you link sounds together. And voila, you have created music, a song. The sounds you play together in a pattern belong to no one else but you. Playing an instrument teaches you how to be patient. You have to keep practicing in order to learn how to play the instrument correctly, which means you have to be patient, while you are practicing. Playing an instrument will give you the tools you need to get along with others. Most people who play an instrument want to play their instrument with others. In a band you have to learn the moment to play your instrument, to make it sound good when someone else is playing theirs (when to come in). This requires patience, so you do not get upset. If another person tells you to play your instrument differently to make the song sound better, than you have to be willing to change the way you do things. If you play music you may be able to read music, which requires counting notes. This can improve your math. Playing a horn like a saxophone or trumpet means you have to blow air to make the sound come out. This helps your breathing, your respiratory system. You have to control the amount of air you breathe into the horn, either a lot or a little. Being able to control your respiratory system, may help you with other things, like swimming. Playing an instrument can be a great thing. It CAN help you. You have to think to use it. You can keep your mental function sharp well into your old age. Everyone enjoys listening to music which means it can increase your social life, making you popular. It makes you feel GOOD.  It can give you confidence. You have accomplished something, and it is a wonderful feeling. So pick up an instrument and learn to play it, today.

Poetry - Tied To Music

Did You Know that poetry is similar to music?

Poetry is words that are spoken. Some words have a rhythm to them as they are being spoken. Some words tell a story when spoken together. Music is sound that has words added to it. Some lyrics rhyme, some don’t. Both poetry and music can calm you, relax you. When you are relaxed your heart beats slower. Some people are known to think better. Read a book of poems. You may find that you enjoy the quiet time. You may even find that you want to be a writer of words. Poetry is a wonderful thing. Like music, it is a universal language.

Music Helps The Body

Did You Know that music helps the body? Yes music can calm us down or make us excited. A person’s heart responds to music. If the music is slow the heartbeat is slow. If the music is fast the heart will beat faster. When your heart beat is slower you have less tension and stress. It is calming. The body can heal itself also. Music makes us happy. Have you ever listened to music, and start moving your head or tapping your feet? Music makes us feel good. It can be any kind of music. Music can give us energy. The type of music you listen to, can have an effect on us. Pay attention to this. Music can help us to do more. If you listen to music at work, you may be able to get more done then when you are not listening to it. Music can give us the ability to exercise longer. If you listen to music doing your workout, you may be able to exercise longer while listening to a fast record with a good beat, rather than a slow record that is relaxing. So help yourself unwind and relax with some soothing music. Taken From http://www.superconsciousness.com/topics/art/how-music-affects-body