Does playing the piano make you smarter?

Answer 1

Kind of . . .Well, smarter rhythmically, yes. It can't really increase your I.Q or anything, but it very could help you with rythm and posibily coordination as well. But like I said, it won't get you that A+ in math or anything.

If you are playing math songs.

Kidding.

Answer 2

It technically doesn't make you smarter, but it increases brain activity, therefore making it easy to focus.

Mozart helps you with any ability to focus on spatial tasks (math and science).

Bach helps mental alertness and memory retention.

Tchaikovsky helps creative tasks

Answer 3

Some music such as Classical Music has been scientifically proven to make the listener smarter if the listener regularly listens to it at a very early age. For more information on this subject search for "What types of music make you smarter?"

Answer 4

Any peaceful music helps soothe people of all ages, but it does not necessarily make them smarter. However, anything which promotes a feeling of tranquility and well-being is bound to be beneficial to life and learning, which can only be a good thing. Music needn't be soft and quiet in order to soothe; any good music which doesn't intrude too much is fine.

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But it still helps them through their childhood and keeps them off from watching the TV!

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I was recently searching this and it seems that it doesn't make you smarter but changes your mood and emotions and boosts brainpower/mental ability. It can also happen while listen to Beethoven and Sibelius.

Answer 5

Here's where the Mozart madness began. In 1993, the journal Nature published an article by scientists at the University of California-Irvine. In their experiment, students listened to a Mozart sonata, a relaxation tape, or nothing at all for ten minutes, and then took a spatial reasoning test.

The students who listened to Mozart scored highest, an effect that lasted for 10 or 15 minutes. The researchers concluded that Mozart's music had helped. (Some later pointed out the possibility that Mozart's effect was neutral, but relaxation tapes and silence hurt the students' performance.)

From this study arose the Myth of Mozart. And it grew from there. Even though the original test had nothing to do with babies or small children, the idea stuck in the craw of our collective consciousness.

The Stanford researchers noted the media latched on to that particular Nature report more than any others published around the same time. And as it swirled around the media, people started talking about the effect on babies' intelligence, even though no research made these links.

And even after a 1999 review showed that 12 subsequent studies had failed to verify the famous 1993 one, people still believed in the magic of Mozart.

It's understandable. We all want our kids to be smart--and if something as easy as popping in a CD makes a difference, well, super!

What's more, classical music isn't as palatable to many people of parenting age as, say, the Red Hot Chili Peppers or Cake. Like spinach, it has to be good for you, right? What's more, old people listen to it!

The moral of this story: Kids should listen to classical music if they like it. But it won't make them smarter. Unless ...

That's right. There's a catch. In a University of Toronto at Mississauga study, music has been shown to increase IQ points in six-year-olds who took weekly singing or piano lessons. If your kids learn to sing or play an instrument, they just might become smarter.

So you don't have to turn your back on Mozart, after all. Kids just have to work hard to learn to play or sing his music for it to actually boost their brains.

Answer 6

I'm not sure , but Beethoven can help strengthen brain connections in babies.

Answer 7

No one knows 100% why. But for some reason classical music and math develop a side of the brain that nothing else can. Why that is still remains a mystery.

Answer 8

no all music makes you become smarter. that is why you should play an instrument in college because you are a little bit more intelegent