How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins
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Date: 2020-08-22
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manochehr
I am a musician, playing Iranian musical instruments of Tar, Santour and Tombak professionally. I am good at details when I can find a way to play with them in my mind, analyzing them. Contrary to your argument, I hate memorizing all details, I can't remember my college's names, I hate paying attention to details when I am not able to find a use for it. As I am unable to recall all details at once, I always try to group the details in a logical way and build up a network between the details so I can find a clue whenever I need assistance in remembering them. Even regarding my own native language, which is Persian, I forgot sometimes a specific word in my dialogues so that I need to adopt the equivalent word from English that I am still learning. People are asking me how I manage to remember all those musical notes at the right time off the top of my hand, or speak a second language with endless new vocabularies and phrases, I would say in response, I do not. I always try to minimize the details by grouping them into patterns and trends as a way to combat my personal weak memory and by building up networks so that I could have more options of working around the issue that I just forgot.
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I am a musician, playing Iranian musical instruments of Tar, Santour and Tombak professionally. I am good at details when I can find a way to play with them in my mind, analyzing them. Contrary to your argument, I hate memorizing all details, I can't remember my college's names, I hate paying attention to details when I am not able to find a use for it. As I am unable to recall all details at once, I always try to group the details in a logical way and build up a network between the details so I can find a clue whenever I need assistance in remembering them. Even regarding my own native language, which is Persian, I forgot sometimes a specific word in my dialogues so that I need to adopt the equivalent word from English that I am still learning. People are asking me how I manage to remember all those musical notes at the right time off the top of my hand, or speak a second language with endless new vocabularies and phrases, I would say in response, I do not. I always try to minimize the details by grouping them into patterns and trends as a way to combat my personal weak memory and by building up networks so that I could have more options of working around the issue that I just forgot.
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Julien
I always find it fascinating when I see someone picking an instrument and start playing. These people instantly become the most interesting person in the room to me. I began playing guitar during the pandemic and I see just how hard it really is and I now have even more respect for musicians. The time and practice required is just huge. Its as complex and long as learning another language. So when you see someone fluent, you know it took years of hard work to deliver this beautiful thing called music.
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I always find it fascinating when I see someone picking an instrument and start playing. These people instantly become the most interesting person in the room to me. I began playing guitar during the pandemic and I see just how hard it really is and I now have even more respect for musicians. The time and practice required is just huge. Its as complex and long as learning another language. So when you see someone fluent, you know it took years of hard work to deliver this beautiful thing called music.
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Shannon
Most excellent vid! I am now (at 58) learning the bass-lines to all the songs I loved, growing up. On a 5-string Fender Jazz Bass, clone, that, I built. It is a slow and tedious process, I am inept at the beginning - but, the self-esteem -bolstering-reward is huge, when I stick with it. Up to 30 songs so far, from Air on a G - string (Bach) to Tainted Love (Soft Cell. Thing is my brain is nothing like what it was and I cannot trust my memory.
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Most excellent vid! I am now (at 58) learning the bass-lines to all the songs I loved, growing up. On a 5-string Fender Jazz Bass, clone, that, I built. It is a slow and tedious process, I am inept at the beginning - but, the self-esteem -bolstering-reward is huge, when I stick with it. Up to 30 songs so far, from Air on a G - string (Bach) to Tainted Love (Soft Cell. Thing is my brain is nothing like what it was and I cannot trust my memory.
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Jerry
Nice video content! Apologies for chiming in, I would love your initial thoughts. Have you heard the talk about - Riddleagan Smart Hands Remedy (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now? It is an awesome exclusive guide for learning piano fast minus the hard work. Ive heard some great things about it and my GF after many years got astronomical results with it.
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Nice video content! Apologies for chiming in, I would love your initial thoughts. Have you heard the talk about - Riddleagan Smart Hands Remedy (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now? It is an awesome exclusive guide for learning piano fast minus the hard work. Ive heard some great things about it and my GF after many years got astronomical results with it.
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David
The fireworks appears specially when a musician is reading music in real time and is a new peace that never played before. Other brilliant moment is improvisation. Maybe play a basic song you already know is similar to drive a car. So, if you play guitar and put some chords together, your brain is normal. My thoughts.
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The fireworks appears specially when a musician is reading music in real time and is a new peace that never played before. Other brilliant moment is improvisation. Maybe play a basic song you already know is similar to drive a car. So, if you play guitar and put some chords together, your brain is normal. My thoughts.
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Danny
About a year ago, a friend in her mid 80s, who is a very talented pianist, suffered a stroke that affected her speech. In less than 3 weeks she was talking normally. her DR credited her rapid and complete recovery to her music.
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About a year ago, a friend in her mid 80s, who is a very talented pianist, suffered a stroke that affected her speech. In less than 3 weeks she was talking normally. her DR credited her rapid and complete recovery to her music.
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Pepe
Next: please make a video on musicians who play different instruments and the statistics of musicians who play different instruments.
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Next: please make a video on musicians who play different instruments and the statistics of musicians who play different instruments.
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Brielle
I feel like I never really think about what notes Im playing, I just. do. But whenever I think about what Im doing I mess up.
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I feel like I never really think about what notes Im playing, I just. do. But whenever I think about what Im doing I mess up.
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rain666
How playing an instrument benefits the brain
looks back on my abandoned piano and clarinet
Me: Does singing count?
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How playing an instrument benefits the brain
looks back on my abandoned piano and clarinet
Me: Does singing count?
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