A world without music, for some, is the equivalent to a book without text – it’s pointless, and it just doesn’t make sense. Music resides within almost everything we experience; from that featured in TV programs, advertisements, and movies, to the radio playing while at work, and singing nursery rhymes to our children.
As well as music being an unstoppable part of how people live, it can also be an intricate part of the life some people build. Music is relaxing, relatable and sometimes even used as a cheap substitute to therapy. But for some, it is not just how they live, it is considered who they are.
Being a musician
There is a growth in the number of people, specifically young people, who aspire to be musicians. What better way for someone to earn a sufficient amount of money doing something that they love? A music skill is often seen to be God-given, a natural gift, and a destiny.
However, although some people have an unlearned talent, that by no means eliminates the concept of people learning a musical skill of some kind.
Music teaching is a rapidly growing industry. Tutors offer everything from teaching people to play musical instruments, teaching composition and music theory, vocal training, and song writing lessons, and sharing knowledge about the music industry and other relevant opportunities. Some tutor services specialize in specific teachings.
For example, Pro Music Tutor offers services for guitar and saxophone techniques. Tutorials, videos, and written theory are vastly available at a variety of costs, with a number of different teaching styles and learning techniques.
The benefits of learning music
Research on music education has shown a number of additional benefits to learning music. PBS addresses some of those benefits, and includes research that has found music education to facilitate learning of other subjects, tapping into a multiple skill set. Music is said to help a child’s language development, increase IQs, and result in higher test scores.
Music also allows people to learn about commitment, given that learning a musical skill, or practicing and developing any unlearned talent requires time and discipline.
She Knows acknowledges that learning music, specifically in tutor groups, also allows people to learn and develop social skills, as well as respect, patients, team work, and confidence. Benefits also include development on more personal levels, such as fostering creativity and expression through music.
Whether parents would like their children to academically excel, and feel as though music will contribute to that, or a teenager has a new found desire to be in a cool band, or even if an adult would like to meet new people in a choir or as part of an instrument learning experience, there is something for everyone.
Music covers a wide variety of services, such as guitar lessons, with sites like Pro Music Tutor even allowing you to go online and download lessons yourself, in addition to simply having a listening experience. Whatever the reason a person chooses to learn music, the opportunity to have fun exists. Outside of the fun and enjoyment are a number of additional benefits that are great bonuses added to music learning.
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Nidia Guerra loves music. Having experimented with a number of instruments, Nidia understands the discipline required to learn a music skill, and the benefits of doing so.