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Different. Daily. Uses of Music. By: Ashley, Kyle, & Shannon. Music as a Profession. Was dyslexic therefore did not do well in school Dropped out of school at the age of 15 Was sentenced to prison time for burglary . Source: TopTenz.net. Music as a Profession.
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Different Daily Uses of Music By: Ashley, Kyle, & Shannon
Music as a Profession • Was dyslexic therefore did not do well in school • Dropped out of school at the age of 15 • Was sentenced to prison time for burglary Source: TopTenz.net
Music as a Profession • His father abandoned his family shortly after Louis’s birth. • Sang on street corners for money in order to make a living • His arrest in 1913 lead to his fame in music
Benefits from Learning How to Play an Instrument • Helps Develop Brain Areas • Teaches Discipline • Relieves Stress • Provides a Sense of Achievement • Teaches Life Skills
Brain Development • Helps in the areas involved in language and reasoning • A link has been found between music and spatial intelligence • Student that play a musical instrument score better on standardized tests
Teaches Discipline • Requires hard work • Constant practice needed
Relieves Stress • Allows for self expression • Focus on improving skill
Sense of Achievement • Improvement of skill • Correcting imperfections
Life Skills • Learn teamwork • Hard work • Improvement of imperfections
Münte, Thomas F., EckartAltenmüller, and Lutz Jäncke "Opinion: The musician's brain as a model of neuroplasticity." Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3.6 (2002): 473-478. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 6 Dec. 2009.
This image also shows that the language portion of the brain is not constricted to language alone but is also utilized while using motor skills www.karger.com/gazette/70/altenmueller/art_4.htm