How has music effected you? (1 Viewer)

[cmckie]

If you have had music lessons at some point in your life, (preferably at a younger age) do you think this has impacted on your intelligence in anyway?
If you have not, do you believe that music has had an impact on your socialisation in any way what so ever?

 

[Dave2007]

I think its a pretty confirmed scientific fact music is good for brain development...

For example if you play an instrument that has to transpose on-the-fly in orchestras, if you play in jazz groups and have to improvise suddenly in an unfamiliar key in front of a group of people or if you have to memorise a lot of music really quickly it will obviously boost your capacity for learning, simple arithmetic, dealing with stress etc... as well as artistic ability.

As for affecting socialising? Not really...unless you mean making friends with people in bands etc?

 

[cmckie]

Yeah,i have done alot of research that suggests that music does increase peoples intelligence, but what do you think? Has it effected you?
As for socialisation, even things like meeting new people through music, or someone comming out of their 'shell' as a result of music playing or anything like that!
Any ideas/experiences that people have had would be great!

 

[blinkinfrog]

I use to learn the piano and flute. Group performances helped my socialisation skills, because we had to work together to make the piece work. Also I’ve heard a lot about music therapy, and it’s positive affects on people in comers etc.

 

[~untitled~]

I have had / am having lessons for flute, piano and violin. I have been envolved with a lot of bands since primary school, and it has enabled me to meet a lot of people (likeminded), and as you put it, yes music has allowed me to "come out of my shell a lot more", its a way of expression without having to explain things. I have been in a jazz band, improvising and such, which is really good for spontaneous thinking on the spot, and allows you to concentrate a lot more, and also working in bands helps/ has helped me with communication skills.

Haha, im studying this for the hsc also.. i could go on for pages...

 

[cdiz]

Yes! Yes and Yes!

Music FTW

 

[xclusv2bhung]

Lol , I used to be in those keyboard groups in primary.
It helped me concentrate =]

 

[Tiffanys]

INDEED music affected me in my late primary school years as I got into eminem he was my idol. I wore baggy black boys tshirts which made me look really fat (or i thought so, whatever) so then i had an eating disorder and i was like 38 kg but i was 165cm. I think i trained myself to think life was really dim and i pretended i had it hard coz that's what eminem sung about. I also skipped heaps of clarinet lessons then. Then I despised his lyrics and genre two years later in year 7 when i liked good charlottle and the same thing happened where i was like "omg high school is like so tough". lol NOT THAT I'M BLAMING RAP AND PUNK FOR MY DOWNFALL. Then in yr 9 i got really into indie and jazz and emo and so many things then in year 10 I fully got rid of any ties with liking good charlotte and just accepted any music and listened to anything that i'd hear wherever i was, because i think I linked the music i listened to, to phases in my life which i didn't want to think about? Perhaps the music caused the mindset or the other way around?
Also if you listen to a certain radio station, or know-well music from many stations it makes you feel like a well-connected person to the modern world, in turn minimising a feeling of isolation and unfamiliarity with modern society.
I read in Peter Shehan's "Mastering the HSC" that music of 60bpm helps you concentrate and in New Scientist 28 May 2005 pg 31, 'The Mozart Effect" says listening to Mozart helps your mathematical and spatial reasoning (but not for everyone):wave: It's been proved in rats brains that a mozart piano sonata stimulates activity in three genes involved in nerve-cell signalling in the brain.

I've noticed that ipods are all the rage for runners(not for me, im an oldschool runner). At the sydney north area cross country out of the top 15, everyone but me and the first 2 girls had ipods. The girl in front of me was listening to "maneater". When I have a tune stuck in my head and it's a fast one and I go running, i normally get a PB coz the beat pumps me up and i run in cadence to the beat. Anyways,I could talk about this forever...
Hope that's helped

 

[naomi c]

I learn piano and guitar (and play several other instruments). I think that aside from the effects music has on your brain and intellect itself that has already been discussed, learning an instrument teaches you other fantastic skills like perseverance, concentration, commitment, dedication, communication, teamwork and time management which also apply to other parts of your life, especially study. These skills flow into an overall attitude to life and learning.
Playing music with other people in band situations contributes further to these attributes that one-on-one music lessons cannot.

Music for me has played a very important role in 'socialisation' as you describe it. It forms an integral part of my identity and I could not imagine life without it. In my early teens, it was something I could identify with in other people and enabled me to form and nurture new and existing relationships. This has continued to be the case ever since. Music is a universal language that can connect people in ways that no other means can and enables people to express themselves non-verbally. If you analyse the role of music in society throughout history, it was always been a communal appreciation activity - from classical recitals, to rock and roll dances in the 1950s, to rock concerts. Music is a social activity.

About the "coming out of people's shells" idea, I am quite the epitome of this! In primary school, I was always the quiet, reserved one. By the time I hit high school, I decided I wanted to be a more outgoing person and music and performing became a way to do this, and has shaped the person I am today. Long story short (cos I've already crapped on heaps) I am now a rock chick and quite the socialite!!

If you haven't already figured it out....I'm probably gonna be a music teacher!! lol!

 

[lala2]

If you have had music lessons at some point in your life, (preferably at a younger age) do you think this has impacted on your intelligence in anyway?

- Yes, I'm currently attempting A.Mus. in piano so pretty right up there.
- Younger age? No--I only started playing when I was 8, which makes it exactly 10 years now.
- Intelligence--yes and no. In some ways I wonder whether, if I had solely dedicated my life to academics, whether I would have been capable of getting into medicine (all the other people whom I was at equal academic level with before I came to Australia are all doing medicine now). On the other hand, it is an outlet for my emotions and so helps me cope, partiuclarly during exam period (always get a bad bout of earworms without fail), and it is known to make you more intelligent so I'm gonna on the fence for this one.

 

[relena]

If you have had music lessons at some point in your life, (preferably at a younger age) do you think this has impacted on your intelligence in anyway?
If you have not, do you believe that music has had an impact on your socialisation in any way what so ever?

I had violin lessons from the ages of 7 - 10.
I dont think that it had any impact on my intelligence.
And i dont think that it had an impact on my socialisation either, i had private violin lessons, and i didn't do any group performances, therefore i didn't meet any other people, i just hanged out with my same friends.