4 Benefits of Music for Children

All agree that playing music is very beneficial for children.

What is that? The following include:

1. Memory stimulation

If you have heard certain music in the past, people will associate music with past experiences. That is, the function of music as a stimulus produces memories into the past. It not only produces objective experiences, but also subjective experiences (feelings when experiencing them).

2. Produces comfort

If we play soft music before the child sleeps, he will feel comfortable in the meeting. Usually the music is at the adagio tempo, andante, moderato, which is not far from the pulse or heart rate with a count of 1 beat per second, a little faster, a little slower. Don't use tempo lento which is very slow or very fast.

3. Hypnosis effect

Music rhythm has a carrying effect. This is called the hypnosis effect. The proof, when you hear music, someone tends to jerk your hands or feet or follow music.

4. Entertaining

Music aims to entertain (muse = entertaining = entertainment). Music entertainment in times of joy or sorrow. Music also entertains children. So, just by listening to music you like, someone feels entertained. If the individual is in the atmosphere he likes, the atmosphere is pleasant, so he will feel more comfortable, and a sense of comfort will have a positive impact on the individual in carrying out his activities. This condition makes children easy to absorb, process, and store knowledge and stimuli.

Playing music

When children are used to following the rhythm with musical instruments, they can practice playing musical instruments in stages. Playing a musical instrument can activate the left and right fingers and toes to stimulate the development of the left and right brain. It's like learning children to exercise, but focusing on music like piano and guitar, for example activating fine motor coordination, while learning to swim, playing basketball, or rugby and soccer directed more towards activating motor function and rough body.