Comments on: Playing Music as a Child Leads to Better Listening as an Adult http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/08/playing-music-as-a-child-leads-to-better-listening-as-an-adult/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Thu, 23 May 2013 23:31:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Gail Walker http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/08/playing-music-as-a-child-leads-to-better-listening-as-an-adult/comment-page-1/#comment-7392 Gail Walker Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:36:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=11586#comment-7392 Music has many benefits. Everyone should be encouraged to play, or sing all their lives. And, when the going gets tough, stick with it. It is well worth the effort. Music has many benefits. Everyone should be encouraged to play, or sing all their lives. And, when the going gets tough, stick with it. It is well worth the effort.

]]> By: Valerie McGowen http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/08/playing-music-as-a-child-leads-to-better-listening-as-an-adult/comment-page-1/#comment-7379 Valerie McGowen Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:48:37 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=11586#comment-7379 And what about vocal music. I only was able to play my clarinet for 2 years in middle school, but I've been a lifelong singer in choral circumstances. Is there a similar benefit? And what about vocal music. I only was able to play my clarinet for 2 years in middle school, but I’ve been a lifelong singer in choral circumstances. Is there a similar benefit?

]]> By: Scott http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/08/playing-music-as-a-child-leads-to-better-listening-as-an-adult/comment-page-1/#comment-7371 Scott Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:26:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=11586#comment-7371 I can see how this would be true of students involved in band/orchestral situations, but I wonder if students in private-instruction settings would produce the same results. I wonder if the opposite is true: that students with auditory-processing problems have difficulty learning music, at least in group settings. I can see how this would be true of students involved in band/orchestral situations, but I wonder if students in private-instruction settings would produce the same results.

I wonder if the opposite is true: that students with auditory-processing problems have difficulty learning music, at least in group settings.

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