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