Effects Of Music

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Making Musicians Victor Hugo once said, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and on which it is impossible to remain silent”. Meaning, music is a way to express something in a way anyone would understand. Music is accredited with being one of the foremost forms of artistic expression. Everyone loves music in their own way, whether it is their performing of it or their listening to it. However, with all enjoyment, there are still people out there who mean to destroy this wonderful art, not intentionally but even so; larger cities have taken out their performing arts programs in their public schools leaving children with a strictly academic approach to their studies. In many places, it’s a complete lack of funding to the arts, for others, test scores aren’t high enough to justify an art program, they believe their students should be participating in extra reading and math classes versus learning an instrument. What these educators and instigators don’t understand is the dramatic effect having a music program of some sort can have on a populous of students in both a primary and secondary educational setting. Studies have shown what music can do not only for the soul, as many artists will attest, but for the growing mind as well. When looking at the effects of music in a primary school, a few things must be taken into consideration. Children in this age range have short attention spans, their brains are like wet sponges, taking in everything they see or hear, and every child develops differently. With children like this, the best way to teach them is with music. Many educators take part in music when teaching something like math because if students are taught to memorize a song about their multiplication tables, they’re more likely to remember them in a testing scenario. Studies have also proven that having music be apart of daily
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