Could Playing Music DRASTICALLY Change Your Brain?

You might've heard that playing an instrument makes you smarter. Is this true?



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[GingerPale]

My ukulele is currently strung with dental floss-
Creative Problem Solving.

[jaedynbagley]

After learning to play guitar I perceive music so much differently to how I used to. It's actually really weird but fascinating, I no longer hear a song as one entity, but as multiple different pieces of a puzzle almost. The beat, rhythm, melody, chord progression, and baseline often stand out to me as independent of eachother yet work together in sync. It's a strange feeling but has kinda enhanced my enjoyment of music

[ErikCPianoman]

So playing an instrument is supposed to make you more intelligent? I wonder what went wrong with me.

[AllatonceIvan]

But seriously tho... how do you put the ship in the bottle??

[JustinY.]

Well it certainly helps you stay focused, that's for sure. And it also keeps you awake as well.

[janyhollo]

I felt my memory was starting to wain, so at the age of 60 I started practicing the piano a little every day. I am now 65. I took lessons from age 6-16, and played in a small church as an adult but hadn’t played at all for about 15 - 20 yrs prior to starting this endeavor. At first I could hardly play my two hands together and played so slowly to get the notes it was very discouraging and disappointing. Obviously feeling that aging had made some changes in me I hadn’t realized. I’ve now continued to challenge myself playing some every single day for my brain, and thankfully having music I had inherited from a musical Aunt, I am now able to play with enjoyment and have material that challenges me as much as I want. I now care more about the detail of playing correct notes and purposing to play as well as I possibly can. I know this is improving me in many ways overall. . I am so thankful I still had my piano. I do believe that just by doing this has improved my brain immensely. This is why I am researching information on this topic and found your video. Thank you for your information.

[robingosse]

When I was a young lad, I tried the keyboard, but that failed miserably. Later it was the guitar, but found a familiar and undesirable cramping of my joints (later discovered it was early-onset arthritis). I've resently taken to the harmonica, but whenever I practiced dirty old town, my youngest dog starts howling along from where ever in the house she is. It's like some horrible irish 101 dalmations christmas special.

[OrdinaryPotato]

Who knew all those time memorising the Shrek musical actually made me a bit smart

[shinjitobe]

1:21 考え続ける


Means “Keep on thinking”

[Mooseplatoon]

It would be interesting to find out if my brain differs from that of a musician who learned academically, or from one who was entirely self-taught. I'm fairly strange in that I started taking music seriously because of a video game (Rock Band) and that had a drastic effect on how I conceptualize a piece of music.

[cristianbortos]

I started playing guitar three years ago, .at the age of 35.When I stared I couldn't hold the guitar in the right position, neither to say playing a note clear.. . Now, I can change between chords quickly, and know a few songs :) I love every minute of practice on this wonderful instrument!

[ourtube]

Blocko is a terrible roommate, ordering his roommate around, and doing random tests on him.
and then thru it all, Bob doesn’t retaliate, he may not be as smart as Blocko, but he is definitely a nicer person.



(SARCASM ALERT, NO EASILY TRIGGERED PEOPLE BEYOND THIS POINT)

[guesswhoami]

I’ve started learning the piano today




I also gave up today

[bethanyrm]

I play violin, viola (yes, it exists -it's just under-appreciated), and piano
For the moment I love playing violin (in fact I'm a teacher of it), though I'm rather impatient with piano as I have only played on and off for the past several years (plus the fact that my sister is teaching me which makes it feel like torture).

[woodkites]

I have to say, music has cured my depression. Musical instruments have been very therapeutic.

I play guitar, bass, ukulele, piano and other miscellaneous ones that I don’t really play but have, kinda thing ?

Music has been a great help I think.

[billyk]

I play piano and guitar and I’m still stupid af 😂

[exploiter]

oh okay .... *he's eating the ball* 2:56

[jonatansmusic]

Ive been a metal drummer and guitarist for about 5 years. I absolutely love what im doing and ive seen that i am getting better at solving creally complicated math equation in school. Music is my life and it has helped me in soo many ways! I really recommend playing music!

[alexs]

Can you do a video about mental facilities (The experience of them, are they actually how they are in movies, etc. )

[TheScienceBiome]

This was a *Note-worthy* video. Hahaha I guess I'm pretty *sharp*






Quite the *major development*