Being a musician myself, I can say that Music is not just an art form. Its more than that. It is considered as the most effective way of communication. You couldn't memorize a line or paragraph but you could remember the words of hundreds of songs. Why is that? Its as if you are being pulled into a different dimension, a reality where you could explore and understand yourself better. Music plays with your emotion and connects with you like no other means of communication.
We teach Rhymes to small kids instead of skipping straight to paragraph writing or something like that. Its because Music has the power to penetrate deep into your mind and plant an idea or words (Like Inception, I know right?!).
It enraptures you and immediately puts you in some kind of emotional trance.
Music plays an very important role in shaping our physical and mental health. Its widely being ignored or under rated as a means of therapy. It affects your Brain in ways that you don't realize. Listening to music won't make you any smarter than you actually are but it can productively impact your brain in some other ways. It plays with your emotions, can make you physically active and mentally strong, can fill you with positive and fresh thoughts.
It is often used for brain therapy to treat Alzheimer patients. Researchers found that music can access deeper neural pathways and help patients to dig up stored intellect of words through songs and can help establish a link for coherent usage of words in speech. It is also used in other brain injury treatments like treating stroke patients as music has the ability to amplify cognitive functions.
It also improves your speech and Motor Skills and helps you perform better in different activities.
The Rhythmic tone of a music acts as predictive stimulus and makes your brain to coordinate with that Rhythm. This greatly improves and enhances your predicting skills and other motor skills. It makes your brain more active and amplifies your situational awareness.
Playing musical instruments is a fantastic way to express yourself when you are lost for words. It opens up your inner self and shows who you truly are. Studies show that those who play musical instruments not only have higher IQ but also have greater visual and verbal skills (Not sure in my case). It keeps both your left part and right part of the brain working which results in improved hand-eye coordination.
Music helps you to explore yourself and opens up your imagination and creativity. It has the power to carry important messages to the public easily. So don't consider music as just a hobby or something you do when your bored. It is more than that and has actual value to it and greater significance that can shape and re-frame the future of the humanity.
