What Are The Importance Of Music?

“ Music is about communication, creativity and cooperation, and by studying music in schools, students have the opportunity to build on these skills, enrich their lives and experience the world from a new perspective. - Bill Clinton”. Music has been around for quite some time now and has evolved since the beginning of the invention of an instrument. The first instrument to ever be made was the flute and according to National Geographic it was made over 40,000 years ago from a bone. Music has gone from the classical period to Jazz period to the wide variety of music that is being played in our everyday lives. Playing an instrument has been known to simulate different parts of the brain, which can lead to things like increased academic achievement,

So far, I have found numerous different websites that discuss the topic of playing a musical instrument and have also found some videos that explain how it stimulates our brain. I plan on finding some books that discuss my topic when I go to the library. I also hope to include more the historical facts about how the type of music that people have played has evolved and the types of instruments that have been made overtime. I am considering finding out how the different settings that people play instruments in can correlate with the impact it has on their own life. Does playing in a school ensemble versus playing alone in your house, stimulate different parts of your brain or make your reaction differ? Does the type of music that a person plays on their own time versus music that someone plays with an ensemble differ with the part of brain function that they are using? These are quite difficult questions that I have thought of making as a subtopic within my

Learning to play an instrument is definitely a challenging activity. One must learn how to read music, keep tempo and move their fingers to play each individual note that the music is requiring them to play. That description is not taking into account playing with others, which involves a few more skills such as listening to others to blend, keeping a good tone quality, keeping track of where you are in relation to the piece and many more factors. Playing an instrument keeps you very engaged. It is not an activity that you can half pay attention to and succeed in. It requires you to put all of your focus into making something that sounds