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Didn't learn a musical instrument? It may not be too late to benefit. A new study suggests that learning an instrument in ...

What do Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Sherlock Holmes all have in common? If you answered that they’re all famous thinkers, even geniuses, you would be right – but did you know that they all ...

Some of us find it challenging to translate written musical notations into auditory signals and/or motor programming. Some cannot tell one tone apart from another. Some struggle with keeping up with ...

For many parents, enrolling their children in music lessons is more about helping them discover new hobbies. But many are unaware of the fact that learning music can have much deeper effects on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learning a musical instrument could prevent “brain rot” and boost concentration in young people glued to social media, research ...

Older adults who kept practising a musical instrument or learnt a new instrument even after 70 preserved memory better than those who stopped. The findings suggest starting music late in life helps ...

It has long been understood that musical training brings many positive effects, cognitively and emotionally. Much of the previous research, however, has focused on children. And in fact, when we tend ...

This book isn't enough to teach me a new skill, so I reached out to some Houston music friends Credit: Jesse Sendejas, Jr. I frequently write about music and my kids are in bands so I’m often asked if ...

Fourteen years ago, on the eve of her retirement as a newspaper columnist, Nancy Beeghly of Youngstown, Ohio, decided to learn to play the cello. She adored the burnished sound the cello produces, ...