What are some tips that might help you utilize music with your learning?

Answer 1

The best way to use music to help with your learning is to make up songs to remember things by. Remember how you learned your ABC's? It's the song that you remember best, right? Think about that tune for a minute ... it's the tune to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star!" Whenever you have to remember something difficult, make up a little rhyme and match it to a song you already know, or make up new words to go with a popular tune (or if you are really talented, you can write the whole song!). You can also use music as background while you study. The important thing to remember when you do this is that the music must not distract you from your studies! If you find yourself singing along, or listening to the song instead of working, then you need to either turn the sound down or pick different music. Background music does help some people concentrate better (some people get distracted when it is too quiet), but it has to be just background noise to work.