Learning to play music can have numerous benefits for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, enhancing their personal and professional lives. Playing music - whether it’s the piano, guitar or singing - can provide a sense of accomplishment and self-confidence, as well as foster a lifelong love of music that can bring joy and fulfillment throughout one's life.

There have been many studies conducted, examining the surprising benefits of listening to and playing music. Here’s what some studies have found about the benefits of learning an instrument.

Children seem to absorb things like a sponge.

Whether it be learning a language, a new skill, joining a new sport, or picking up a musical instrument for the first time. Children learn. They often learn fast. It’s what they do.

You teach them something new? They absorb it. They believe it. Mostly because they lack the context, prior knowledge and experience to argue against it. Children are often dependent learners.

But why does learning seem so much harder when we are adults?