Early Music Lessons Have Longtime Benefits

Early Music Lessons Have Longtime Benefits

Perri Klass argues that when children learn to play a musical instrument, they strengthen a range of auditory skills. He also states that, recent studies suggest that these benefits extend all through life, at least for those who continue to be engaged with music. He claims that musical training improves the brain’s ability to discern the components of sound — the pitch, the timing and the timbre. An ample amount of assistance when working to improve a kid’s attention span while strengthening cognitive skills. Klass develops this claim first by stating that music is a very important and one of various ways that children learn to understand speech and comprehend written language.  The author explores the abilities of music and brings the benefits to the reader’s attention. Therefore, he used the facts stated earlier to provide a stratus of facts to keep the reader thinking.  Lastly, the author concludes by quoting a protagonist to the cause. She states, “We want music to be recognized for what it can be in a person’s life, not necessarily, ‘Oh, we want you to have better cognitive skills, so we’re going to put you in music,”. The author includes this quote in order to get the reader thinking deeply by letting the readers know that he thinks music is social and should be enjoyed for what it really is.