{"id":466,"date":"2020-01-28T13:03:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T13:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/?page_id=466"},"modified":"2024-07-31T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T14:05:48","slug":"the-benefits-of-playing-a-musical-instrument-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/the-benefits-of-playing-a-musical-instrument-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of playing a musical instrument"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>\n<h2><strong><i>Playing a musical instrument can boost a child\u2019s educational progress.<\/i><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"label style-scope ytcp-video-metadata-info\">Video link<\/div>\n<div class=\"value style-scope ytcp-video-metadata-info\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"North Lanarkshire Instrumental Service 2019\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p3RiQeNlvI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Along with the musical benefits and opportunity for creative learning, research-based evidence identifies the broader benefits of learning to sing or learn a musical instrument, such as improved language, literacy and numeracy skills, social and personal development, physical development, health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>Playing a Musical Instrument:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>increases the capacity of your memory.<\/li>\n<li>refines your time management and organizational skills.<\/li>\n<li>boosts your team skills.<\/li>\n<li>teaches you perseverance.<\/li>\n<li>enhances your coordination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>improves your reading and comprehension skills.<\/li>\n<li>increases your responsibility.<\/li>\n<li>sharpens your concentration.<\/li>\n<li>fosters your self-expression and can relieve stress.<\/li>\n<li>creates a sense of achievement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>promotes your social skills.<\/li>\n<li>boosts your listening skills.<\/li>\n<li>teaches you discipline.<\/li>\n<li>elevates your performance skills.<\/li>\n<li>promotes well-being in your life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not only is it fun to play a musical instrument, but it&#8217;s wonderful to hear an audience appreciate \u00a0a young persons performance. It is also very gratifying to witness the happiness on the young people&#8217;s faces, simply because they enjoy playing. Playing a musical instrument has many life- long benefits that hopefully will motivate pupils to have a lasting love of music and assist them in achieving their full potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing a musical instrument can boost a child\u2019s educational progress. Video link Along with the musical benefits and opportunity for creative learning, research-based evidence identifies the broader benefits of learning to sing or learn a musical instrument, such as improved language, literacy and numeracy skills, social and personal development, physical development, health and wellbeing. Playing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47458,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-466","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/northlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}