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Music matters for everyone! Music helps different areas of the brain go, and everyone can benefit from learning.

Kristian

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Yes! Music helps shape and exercise the mind. It allows the students to grow independence but also allows them creative flexibility.

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I do think that music is excellent for the brain and helps students learn. However, I wonder about scanning these kids' brains every two years. There must be a better way to collect the data.

Lisette Grasher

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We always get kids saying "why do we study (fill in the blank). We're never going to use this in real life." And we reply because it helps us learn, it teaches our brain order, and other skills stem from this topic. I would argue that we need to teach music for the same reasons... and that we end up using it more on a daily basis than a lot of these other subjects we learn about.

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Music 100% changes a child's brain. Music is a time-based art, and forces a child to think in terms of frequencies and time division, and then tie that with emotions. Fascinating!

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I love Nich's point about music as a timeless, universal language. It was cool to see how the science backs up the fundamental changes in brain growth and development.

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Music can benefit kids who aren't the most "musically inclined" the most. Super neat that rhythm effects language an attention.

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Bleepo was great. It's always fascinating to me to observe how well children can identify good rhythm vs bad rhythm because it is one relatively objective part of music - how close a sound is aligning to a beat.

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Music helps the brain with language development

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Learning music can target specific areas of the brain to help it grow.

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Learning music at a young age builds skills for thinking and learning.

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What stuck with me the most from the video was how clearly the research shows that music doesn't just engage the brain—it actually changes it (not just exercise, another strike against that previous Ted Talk...). The idea that learning an instrument strengthens areas of the brain responsible for language, executive function, and emotional regulation really resonated with me. I am already sold on the value of music, of course, but it is always nice to have your beliefs supported by science.

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Music helps kids improve test scores consistently. I also love the fact that music helps kids who aren't musical.

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Music is not only for those who are musically gifted.

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Music is so powerful and so influential.

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Improvement in skills in all subjects. Being able to change the mood of the day simply by playing a song.

Shizuko Namba

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Honestly, it was the mood that was created by music as he came on stage. You can make a day epic, calm, whimsical, funky depending on the music that you play. -Rebecca

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Improve math, reading and attendance:) develops different areas of of the brain 🧠

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I thought the potential for future brain studies regarding how music improves brain growth was interesting.

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Music can improve math skills.

And attendance!