| If you're looking for a perfect way to keep your mind | | | | mind. |
| sharp, piano playing is the solution. It exercises several | | | | 3. Sight reading offers the brain another workout, as |
| different parts of the mind and body, while providing | | | | the eyes must follow the music while the hands play it. |
| you with years of musical enjoyment. Whether you | | | | The ability to sight read is similar to knowing a foreign |
| play piano currently or are thinking about starting, | | | | language, yet also requires extreme hand-eye |
| playing piano is great brain food. | | | | coordination. The eye muscles are also strengthened |
| Our population is aging. People are living longer lives, | | | | as they move up and down the staff across the page. |
| and they are constantly looking for brain food to keep | | | | 4.The analysis of musical passages and learning the |
| their mental prowess in peak condition. One of the | | | | theory involved is another mental exercise when you |
| best ways to keep those hamsters running might be | | | | play piano. It's brain food at its finest. Chords, melodies, |
| sitting in the corner of your living room gathering dust. | | | | and changes are all rooted in complex musical theory. |
| That old piano of grandma's has more than its share | | | | It pays dividends to learn and understand how music is |
| of brain teasers. Here are 7 benefits of learning to play | | | | put together. |
| the piano: | | | | 5. Piano playing increases social participation. When |
| 1.Piano playing increases coordination. In order to play | | | | you play piano in the presence of others, you are |
| piano, your hands must develop independent | | | | participating in a valuable social exercise. History is filled |
| coordination. This is one of the basic ways to keep | | | | with participants and spectators in the world of music. |
| your mind sharp. Each hand must often perform | | | | You have the ability to make others' time more |
| entirely different movements, and the brain must tell | | | | enjoyable. You also meet other musicians who can |
| each hand what to do. By learning separate hand | | | | share knowledge with you, expanding your |
| coordination, you stimulate several different areas of | | | | understanding of the piano. |
| the brain. Practice each hand separately, and then | | | | 6. Proper piano playing, whether done for leisure or |
| combine the movements of each hand. | | | | profession, keeps the fingers nimble. It strengthens all |
| 2. Piano playing increases hearing awareness. Not | | | | the muscles of the hands, which helps in other lines of |
| everyone is born with a good sense of pitch, but | | | | work. A maintenance man with strong hands is more |
| people can develop it through exposure and practice. | | | | valuable than one with weak digits. |
| When you play piano, you train your ear to hear | | | | 7. Besides all this, piano playing is great fun. It lets you |
| pitches and tones in relation to one another. This | | | | create your own tune for the day. The piano has |
| makes developing a sense of relative pitch possible. | | | | provided society with over a hundred years of |
| Intervals stimulate your mind in slightly different ways. | | | | enjoyment and will do so for hundreds more. It's not |
| A perfect fifth will cause one reaction in your brain, | | | | only an instrument; it's a social communication tool and |
| while a seventh will cause an entirely separate | | | | a brain exercise, as well. |
| reaction. This trains the mind to recognize pitches and | | | | Play piano for your brain. It's lot more fun than Sudoku, |
| intervals, even if beneath the level of the concious | | | | and it's great at parties. |