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    The document discusses several benefits of music for people of all ages. It provides examples of how music can improve cognitive abilities in children and help prevent mental decline in older adults. Studies discussed found that musical training can physically develop areas of the brain related to language and processing. Children who received music lessons tested higher on IQ tests on average. The students who learned music also showed improvements in sound discrimination and motor skills, with brain imaging showing changes to networks associated with those abilities. The benefits of music are said to include enhancing understanding of oneself and the world as well as facilitating expression.

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    The document discusses several benefits of music for people of all ages. It provides examples of how music can improve cognitive abilities in children and help prevent mental decline in older adults. Studies discussed found that musical training can physically develop areas of the brain related to language and processing. Children who received music lessons tested higher on IQ tests on average. The students who learned music also showed improvements in sound discrimination and motor skills, with brain imaging showing changes to networks associated with those abilities. The benefits of music are said to include enhancing understanding of oneself and the world as well as facilitating expression.

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    The Power of Music (Draft)

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    A short real-life story titled “The Miracle of a Brother’s Song.” The story was about a 3-year-old
    boy who brought back his sister’s life by singing to her in her beside.
    “For six days Joshua marched his troops around the city, blowing rams' horns. On the seventh
    day, the tumult of their shouting and the rams' horns caused the wall to collapse.”
    “If you want to keep your brain engaged throughout the aging process, listening to or playing
    music is a great tool. It provides a total brain workout. Research has shown that listening to
    music can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain as well as improve sleep quality, mood,
    mental alertness, and memory.” -An otolaryngologist from John Hopkins Medicine
    “Research has found that learning music facilitates learning other subjects and enhances skills
    that children inevitably use in other areas.”
     “Recent studies have clearly indicated that musical training physically develops the part of the
    left side of the brain known to be involved with processing language and can actually wire the
    brain’s circuits in specific ways. Linking familiar songs to new information can also help imprint
    information on young minds.”
    “Surprisingly, the children who were given music lessons over the school year tested on average
    three IQ points higher than the other groups. The drama group didn’t have the same increase in
    IQ but did experience increased social behavior benefits not seen in the music-only group.”
    “The students in the study who received music instruction had improved sound discrimination
    and fine motor tasks, and brain imaging showed changes to the networks in the brain associated
    with those abilities, according to the Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic organization that
    supports brain research.”
    Rasmussen says. “The benefit of music education for me is about being musical. It gives you
    have a better understanding of yourself. The horizons are higher when you are involved in
    music,” he adds. “Your understanding of art and the world, and how you can think and express
    yourself, are enhanced.”
    Plato said that “music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to
    the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything”.

    “With music, one’s whole future life is brightened. This is such a treasure in life that it helps us
    over many troubles and difficulties. Music is nourishment, a comforting elixir. Music multiplies
    all that is beautiful and of value in life.”

    — Zoltan Kodaly

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