1. General Benefits of Learning Music Instruments

   2. Specific Benefits of each instrument type:

• • Wind Instruments & Brass Instruments
  • Stringed Instruments
  • Percussion Instrument
  • Stringed and Percussion: Piano

   3. Benefits in different life stages:

• • Babies 
  • Children
  • Teenagers 
  • Adults 
  • Retirees

General Benefits of Music Instruments

General Benefits of Music Instruments

Music improves memory  

  Develops motor skills

  Improves patience

  Makes us smarter

  Improves social skills 

  Boost confidence 

  Improves sleep 

  Higher language skills 

  Improved eye-hand coordination

  Boosts creativity 

  Improves Math Skills

Burns Calories

Specific Benefits of each instrument type:

 1. Wind & Brass Instruments

We combined wind and brass instruments because they are both wind instruments in general.

Wind instruments, like singing, clarinet, flute, harmonica, and brass instruments like trumpet, saxophone, and french horn lower the risk of heart diseases, improve breathing muscles, good breath control, clear lungs, improved posture, lowered blood pressure.

Having formal singing classes will help you expand your vocal range, and versatility in singing styles. 

You'll be involved with these genres:   

Singing = all genres

Clarinet & flute = opera, meditation music, mellow music, soft pop 

Harmonica = folk, country, blues, and classical

Trumpet, saxophone, and french horn = Jazz, Blues, Swing, Baroque, Classical

Calories burned in wind and brass instruments:

Singing burns 136 calories per hour

Other wind and brass instruments:  106 calories per 45 minutes

Learning stringed instruments, like guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, mandolin and harp, all share the same benefits called finger dexterity, genre and key familiarity. 

String and bow instruments like violin and cello, on the other hand, give you knowledge on how to handle the bow properly and know how to strike a key gracefully in notes. 

Each stringed instrument has a unique sound and keys, so it means you get to study various genres and pitches as well.

Genres example:

guitar and piano = all genres in all keys

bass and cello = all genres in low keys

ukulele = hawaiian music, teen pop in high keys

banjo = folk, country in low to medium keys

violin, and viola,  = opera, orchestral pop in medium to high keys

harp = opera, celtic music, meditation music in medium to high keys

FUN FACT: There's a video where a bass played with a bow.  It both sounded like a cello, violin, and guitar.

Calories burned in stringed instruments:

80 calories per hour when sitting

159 calories per hour when standing

239 calories per hour while moving

3. Percussion Instrument

  Agility

  Timing

  Upper Body Exercise

  Control of power

  Power beat-maker in a song

  Cautious in sequences and patterns

  present in almost all genres 

Calories burned in playing drums:

1,000 calories per hour

 4. String and Percussion: Piano

  Finger dexterity

  Makes you a potential composer of melodies

  Smart in-ear training because you handle all keys

  present in almost all genres 

   Smart in chord patterns

  Smart in other instruments because the piano is complete

  You'll learn sight reading, the language of music

Calories burned in piano:

216 per hour 

Benefits in Different Life Stages:

1. Babies (ages 0 to 2)

Babies cannot talk yet, so their only communication is crying when they are hungry, cold, full, sleepy, angry, afraid, upset, lonely, sad and everything because they do not know the right words to say yet. For this reason, music is important for babies despite their young age to handle their noise lets you do more tasks.

     Music makes them: 

Makes them stop crying

Makes them happy

Makes them fall asleep

Nursery Rhymes catch their attention

Boosts their curiosity

2. Toddlers (ages 3 to 6)

Toddlers get more curious about music than they were babies, they would pick up a xylophone or bongo drums to imitate a player they saw on Youtube, or just create their own melodies.

  Benefits of learning music among toddlers:

  makes them dance

  makes them cooperate in playgroups

  Instrument sound familiarity 

  can hum melodies

3. Children (ages 7-12)

Children's age is the most appropriate time for music lessons because they are fast learners and adaptable to learning.

Benefits of learning an instrument among children:

  Enhances reading and comprehension

Build fine and gross motor skills. 

Support sensory development. 

Enhance hand-eye coordination. 

Teaches patience 

Makes new friends

4. Teenagers

Learning an instrument as a teenagers have benefits. According to Time, American teenagers have high levels of depression and suicide because of severe bullying at school, family issues, home violence. But studies found that music has a large factor to prevent these.

Benefits of learning music among teenagers:

develops a sense of belongingness

develops purpose and self-actualization

Lessens teenage depression

Saves teen from suicide

Stress reliever from bullying and other problems

5. Adults

Adults are the fastest learners most especially the ones who are willing to study more. Reward yourself a fun skill after finishing a project at work or after a tiring arguement at home. Adults also experience depression and suicide attempts because of failed marriages, abusive partners, and financial crisis. So it's really important that a responsible working adult like you to have a stress-relieving hobby. 

Here are the benefits of learning music as an adult:

  teaching ability to young ones

  stress reliever at work

  bonding with kids

  lessens depression

  Prevents suicide

  helps fight adult illnesses like heart disease, high blood pressure

  adds more career and hobbies

6. Retirees 

  You're never too old to learn something new even at an old age. Other than reunion parties, dancing, and gardening, a music class is what you need to be happier.

Some retirees, after the death of their loved ones, tend to be depressed and think about whether they are the next in line. And because of the lack of socialization among family members and friends, they isolate themselves and their illnesses can get worse.

Benefits of learning an instrument during retirement:

Keeps you active and healthy

Therapy in Depression & Suicide

Improves hearing

Fulfils life happiness

Lessens self-isolation

You'll connect with other oldies who love music