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Did you know that listening to music was proved to have the same effects on your brain as meditation?
Neuroscience also discovered that learning to play the guitar, reading guitar tabs and creating chord shapes imporves your memory and concentration. The fact is when you play the guitar, you stimulate the same brain areas, so you may think about this process as brain workout!
Nowadays, they speak about Music Therapy that is “an evidence-based clinical use of musical interventions to improve clients’ quality of life”. Basically, it means you can use music to to address the emotional, cognitive, physical, and social needs. And the good news, there are many things you can do!
Playing an instrument
This is the hardest, as if you cannot play any instrument, you may find it very challenging to start!
There are many resources right now, you can find any Youtube channel and learn the basics. If you are interested in guitars, the famous musical intruments corporation Fender offers Guitar Basics course (you can try it for free, but you’ll love it and stay!).
We don’t just make guitars. We make guitar players.
By the way another great guitar shop Ranch Guitar offers not only the great guitars and ukulele, but also paid basic guitar and ukulele courses (you can also try their Learning Ukulele Within 1 Min tutorials!).
You want to have more choices? Or you already know the basics?
Would you rather learn to play piano or something else? Here is a great place to learn: ArtistWorks.
They offer a wide range of instructors and instruments to choose from!
And here at Glarry Music you can find many different intruments (wind, strings, percussions) and accessories (cases, music stands). Watch out for their deals and offers!
Listening to Music
This is much easier!
Some specialists even recommend listening to music while working, especially if your work is creative.
We may get deeper into this topic next time, meanwhile relax, choose your best melody, close your eyes and imagine your perfect place!
Beautiful!