How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins 

Me: looks at my drums

Me:looks at my ba...

Daniel Gutierrez Garcia looks at my organ

@@itscoleperkins at that point, i just have medical concerns as to how you can see your organ

Daniel Gutierrez Garcia they have clear skin

Hahahah! Love your works, by the way:)

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Look who it is. Hello there!

Your brain went on strike hoping you'd sit down at the piano instead of going for a boring drive. Brain knows best.

Lol

Hold on 18 BOOKS?! WoW

@@sudenazdemir2363 hi swiftie 🤚🏻 And he's joking probably

@@Mistgreen1989 hiiii i know you from swift empire, am i right? Also yea u probably right

@@sudenazdemir2363 oh yeah, I've seen you on swift empire too😄. Looks like we have similar interests

@@Mistgreen1989 yesss its so cool

May angels guide you to the most benevolent outcome in your journey through this experience. You are more than your physical body, your thoughts,and your emotional milieu. Your Essentials Self is Pure Unconditional Love, a form of Consciousness that can never die. Surrounding you with Love and White Light. 🙏☮️❤️

@@LovinLnCottage Thank you, most sincerely.

@@danstune youre still alive.. YAY

😍😍😍😍

My story animated

We used it for firewood dont you remember?

gagid a a little bit late for a 3 month old comment...

@@termonic2542 wHuT??

@@gagida1829 🥺🥺🥺 What did you do mom!

Sold on reverb

Same.

Guilty as charged........

Guilty 😂

Same 😁

Same, and I’m not even good at playing piano

Bro cried 💀

@@blob5819😂

​@@blob5819bro you made me laugh so hard 😂😂😭

Thanks be to God.

@@blob5819 yup. You never cry?

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You're amazing bro !!

Most intelligent Violinist:

@@thenotsookayguy I bet you play viola

@@Memistical No, I play the Triangle

What does frick mean ? (I'm french)

@@lendart its a played down version of F*ck

@@cryoblue_4496 ahhh ok ! Thank you !

Tiene que haber idiotas en todas partes, diciendo idioteces. Quien va a decirlas si no? LOS IDIOTAS

@@maytepineiro4626 that's right 😂

Same here.. bought my first guitar 2020 to fill in the gaps where my social time normally takes place and my god it is hard, painful and requires so much effort ans motivation... my respect to everyone else playing an intrument!

Facts

Keep going!! I dabbled in guitar for a long time but never trying to really. The pandemic made me focus more on it. Coming up to a year now and improvement is massively noticeable. Just an hour or so a day. Gaurantee you'll get there.

@@Mango_chris so i´ve been learning since six months now and i really try to keep focused but its hard. Would you recommend a "mid priced" western-guitar? I am searching for something better than my 90€ Guitar at the moment. ;)

:] beautiful comment

Yes.

​@@eugenemichael2362 This is why you alternate between self absorbed narcisism on stage and absolutely crippling self doubt the rest of the time, at least thats how i seem to do it.

All my family plays an instrument exept my step dad, but my real dad plays literally everything

Concuerdo contigo, amigo, es cierto somos exacerbada y desagradablemente perfeccionistas en lo que hacemos.

on your tax returns....you list musician? This is a real question. Or are you a doctor, lawyer, astronaut, electrician, school teacher, etc., ...who noodles on the side with a musical instrument. Or does your paycheck come from playing music? No disrespect intended......just curious.

Judging by the video content, it sounds like your head enjoys it when playing music is referred to as a full brain workout, and workouts are enjoyable, otherwise people wouldn't do them.

🤣🤣😂omg i love this

legend

Haha

I play clarinet

The sister Bananasquad Same

Sameee. I play bass, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboard and drums and anytime I am getting ready for a performance, I panic and get anxious

I can only touch any instrument if I am sure that no one is with me and I am home alone, which is never.

Me: plays the piano mediocrely while watching youtube videos so my parents think I'm practicing

lmao same

So, where do you go to music school...? Don Music (Sesame Street) is like every day.

Oooo

are so hard to play it

Lol

that's why we are called 'calm' - everything is inside our brains XDD

i've played the Friends intro on a keyboard in my class last week for a little theater. I've managed to hit a chord that i was struggling to and i was shouting YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS in my mind while playing

and then during practice, your senior tries to train you to watch the conductor so he takes your scores away. MUSCLE MEMORY MODE ACTIVATE

or just incoherent screaming

As a musician, THIS IS SO TRUE

Soooooo fricking true

*BREATHES HEAVILY*

*inhales* *scratch* _well gosh diddly darn im dead_

Abby C that’s great. Hope you are doing well

Beautiful story

Interesting, but you could have just watched this video instead of falling off of a cliff to find that out.

Chris Tanner yeah, except I had already fallen off a cliff. I didn’t do it just for fun. It kinda ruined my life, but it was made better because I play the piano.

I send you my love and respect xxx

I also have ADHD and sometimes I feel like I don't really exist in the present moment. I'm gonna go back to my childhood wishes and learn piano♥️ just a little bit everyday

Wish you guys the best in life

To be fair, if you can play one brass instrument you can play them all😂. - fellow past French horn- mellophone player

I picked up music in fifth grade but never really tried until seventh because of a great teacher who convinced me not to quit, I immediately began getting better grades in all my classes and just became more of a perfectionist in general, for the rest of school I was an all A student, one of my best decisions

Do you know what your Math level would have been without playing music?

Ahahshdcjsifb meeeeee

Hi Mozart didn't know you failed math.

@@ludwigvanbeethoven6733 too focused on other stuff...

@@swizacx715 math classes doesn’t really make you think outside of the box either

may he R.I.P

I'm so sorry for your lost, and I'm so glad you love playing guitar

He must be so proud of you in heaven ❤ may he R.I.P

It did the same for me when my mom passed. May they smile down on us.

Guitar playing is such good therapy. Even if you never use it for anything else it's way worth it just for that. It's been a way for me to cope since the late '70's. 👍

how is it now

Thanks,

Keep on playing!

I will pick up my recorder! I've neglected it for most of 5 years. Also stopped singing. I'm taking medicine for a neuro disorder. Maybe it will help with brain fog and storing memories.

@@kdcbattlecreek keep going ! I'm proud of you

Yeah! The melody of the piece just playing in our heads feels like we’re discovering a new fantasy world of our own, never stop having new things tbh!😄

Come back to it, sounds like you hit the wall.

same

But your Saitama already....

same,I play the violin.

same, I started accordion when i was four, started trumpet back in grade six, now i play for an orchestra:D

+Haniya Javed year ago i started the clarinet

Hope you are doing well with your guitar... Keep on playing and studying music!! It may be a life changing experience 🙂🙂🙂

Good clean music heals us. Read the psalms of David and you will find out, many psalms starts with complaining and fear, he sings to God, uses his instruments, and the Psalm ends in joy. Psalms, hymns are the deepest prayers.

I started to play piano in the corona times, can just imagine how depressed I would be if I hadnt. A great gift from God. Gods second best gift is music. But only the good and noble music of course. It heals. Not the charismatic music, it decieves. His best gift is Jesus of course.

@@ritajohannessen9804 Lol

@@hindenburg1596 ?

Yep! Good point.

Early 40s here and just started learning the guitar.

Started doublebass at 53, so as to accompany my 5th grade violist, and 3rd grade cellist once in a while in church. That was 9.5 years ago. They’re now both in college, and still playing; while I’m in a weekly community orchestra. And yes we do occasionally still perform together in church, when they’re home from college!

Ahah thank you 😂

NO

Ha ha -- I’m doing just this....

I would, but it's kinda the middle of the night and my family and entire building (I live in an apartment building) would get really mad at me so erm can't I've actually heard someone playing trumpet from the building next to mine (and yes, I said building, not apartment)-- which is through many layers of wall and insulation and brick and all that...so I apologize. I will tomorrow

It’s 3am I don’t think my family would like hearing Chopin rn lmao

Shouldn't you be practicing right now?

TWOSETTER!!! 😍

Practice la

If you are watching this, then you are not practicing your 40 hous a day!

I FOUND YOU GUYS

Is that a guitar?

@@darkcomet1607 could be a saxophone

@@p7outdoors297 i said guitar because they say it's the hardest instrument to learn isn't it?

@@darkcomet1607 I would personally think that the bagpipes would be far harder from personal experience, but I've never played the guitar. However, it took my dad 3 years to learn to play the guitar proficiently, whereas I've been learning the pipes for a little over 7 and I'm nowhere near proficient

@@p7outdoors297 you're right actually I googled it and one of the sites said violin was hardest while bagpipes was on 4th while guitar was at 8th

The first 1080p video on RU-vid was uploaded in 2009. That doesn't mean we shouldn't appreciate this video's quality but I don't think it's as impressive as you make it out to be.

I shot my first 1080p videos in September 2007. There were large numbers of Sony and Panasonic 1080p video cameras sold in 2007 - not everyone uses their phone to record video! 1080p TVs were also common by 2008 a few months later.

Got me to thinking. 🙏

No

@@BCLGYT Thats true. Also the video is an animation so 1080p isn't surprising

Agreed I would love to see that studies as I’m a musician that creates original music

Bluegrass, anyone?

Classical music is the most demanding and comprehensive.

@@maplecosy9429 Yes, but, can't say much for their improv skills.

@@rosemarystrobel3437 How about Rockabilly?

I'm working at AFA in music education to be a music therapist. I've run across many, many bad teachers. My best learning is things I want to know. They tend to not do that in college, I've noticed. They pull out the awful, incredibly tedious Alfred music books. Lol. When there are great things out there, like Led Zeppelin sheet music. The Alfred's have zero feel, so for me, they're unlistenable...

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Thanks for the feedback, I've just put (well last november at least) the Alfred all in one courses (piano and theory) on the booklist for the primary kids. I've tried to get them to play popular music in the past, but it's just too difficult. Maybe by the time they are in high school they'll have built up the skills to read popular charts. I've got the year 7's on a Theory and Musicianship book to set them up for the pre University Certificates here (VCE) but it's handy to get your take on it, so I can keep doing what I used to do, getting them to play popular music.

That's amazing as a matter of fact. This little cartoon can inspire and even if it worked as you say "To take the subject seriously" on just 1 student you have already succeeded. Patience, word will spread that playing an instrument can help keep the the brain healthy and when the Parent/guardians hear this the stampede will begin.

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Idk, I prefer classical music or folk, not modern

orchestra student here going to high school next year, middle school music teacher was great. From a students perspective I have some specific things I liked about that class that helped keep me engaged 1.work with each section on passages was done on small passages and then with everyone as to keep everyone engaged 2. occasional run throughs of longer sections or whole pieces make it so you know you’re working towards something and you’re getting there 3. Adding on to the last thing, sight reading a large part on the first time and THEN breaking it down created a nice baseline for progress and an idea of how much work is needed 4. we had some levels of freedom to work on our own in sectionals and on fingerings, phrasing, and stuff, as well as independence when the teacher is gone 5. The teacher is engaged with possible playing, conducting, and encouraging people 6. Hard sections are always eventually worked through if there’s enough time, but with breaks and off time for people to practice and to keep every section engaged as mentioned earlier 7. final thing if I can’t think of anything else, things are taken slowly after the first sight read and slowly sped up 8. Oh yeah there’s also usually fun stuff and a couple minutes to socialize and connect 9. Also more experienced students can help less experienced students, it feels nice to get help from somebody you may look up to

I did find that many points discussed on this video are things I can't so easily buy into. It'd be interesting to see what contesting studies show. I remember that Dnews had a video where they said it temporarily helps the brain do things, but it's not a permanent effect. Also, most of my friends who play instruments aren't smarter nor more emotionally in tune as any other of my friends, and often at times performing worse academically and in social situations. Playing instruments definitively helps-- but I think this particular video is making many assumptions based on circumstantial evidence, correlation is not causality and even with these brain patterns expressed-- it's not conclusive evidence of superior cognitive skills.

Diego Chalita Exactly why I asked to see if they could possibly add a few (just a few) references to support the statements they made in this video. I think the hype (right or wrong) regarding musical skills adding significantly to math/science ability has been flying around for about about two decades (i.e. as long as my adult life). I started noticing it more after the popularity of the books like "Godel, Escher and Bach" and the stories written about how Einstein plays violin and so on. I'm not saying I don't believe any of it. Definitely there's got to be some benefit/changes to the brain from practicing music consistently for a long period. But I have some reservations about how effective it might be (and wonder if this is just a hype) to the overall problem solving ability in general...

+Plartoo Feel free to check out some of the additional resources and links that the Educator provided. You can find them in the TED-Ed Lesson: ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins#digdeeper

TED-Ed Sweet! Thanks so much!! I love this channel more for replies like this (second reply regarding background info. I got from a TED-Ed video creators).

plartoo Most of these links are to secondary sources. Levitin's page has too many pubs for me to go through but most of the ones I clicked were review papers with a fair amount of speculation rather than direct tests of the variables. I don't think the dots have been connected here (although I've never worked in the field so I can't say for sure). As stated above, it's mostly correlation. You'd need a good non-human model to do real experiments.

Ima Mouse NOPE LOL

That's exactly how I feel, I hate practicing when my mom tells me to, but I LOVE playing when it's my choice

@@miriamjesse1628 try practicing, when you are alone. Hope this help you there. Try to freestyle as well. Freestyling works if you memorize octaves :) its good if you want to compose a new song.

Yup

Ill glady play for anyone who wants to listen. I INVITE you to ask me to play

How did it help their learning difficulty? Did it help them in not-music classes? 🙂

Have also big pp

@@rektget7284 OMG, EPICO.

Classical Music Girl It’s called a dopamine and serotonin release

I play music when my emotions are too strong.

Bless you Jesus, He loves you 💖

There is a difference between playing them and studying instruments, studying being the striving towards being better, playing just play and not bothering to get better!

Which instruments?

Try bass ☺️

@@phattymcnasty7268 guitars and stringed instruments are not my thing. Prefer hitting rather than pulling or plucking.

Wonderful. What is melodic percussion?

@@qwertylife Xylophones, Marimba, and Vibraphones, tongue drums, balafons, etc. another word for the first three is "keyboard percussion", since they have the same layout as a piano.

Juber Navarrete *Ben Lee

They didnt said that right? it was the male in a video theyre reacting to

Davie504*

If you practice a scale 30 minutes daily with 16th notes at 120 BPM, in three weeks you can switch to 160 BPM without quality drop. So in general this statement is true.

That's *sacreligious*

+Pietro Valente - Drummer & Composer Chorus' and bands have been around for hundreds of years in school. I don't even know what you're getting at, you can't force children to play music.

+systempatcher i don't know where you come from but in Italy music it's not a subject in the weekly schedule at the elementary school.

Pietro Valente - Drummer & Composer That sounds terrible. I live in America by the way.

***** Well in my school we were forced to take 4 music courses. They were terrible.

***** Don't think, just do it! You will discover a whole new world!

What do you call a cow with a guitar? "A moooh-sician!"

Mikkel Mann I think it'd be better to change guitar to instrument

I just retold the joke the way I heard it (in danish ;) 'cow with an instrument'..? That would be more like 'cattle mutilation gone wrong'

Mikkel Mann lmao 😂😂

LOL! Very good! How many Bass players does it take to change a light bulb? None; the Keyboard player can do it with their left hand!

E+EB+d+ CG BbE

@@ilikechicken8403 awesome combination of chords

Here

035 0365 035 30

@@ilikechicken8403 its the frets

That feels familiar

same bro, i hope u chase ur dreams

I love the synergy of playing with a group; sometimes it feels like you can read the minds of the people your playing with lol. For example, there’s no feeling that compares to when my orchestra is perfectly synchronized and nails a performance; it’s amazing. Even if I’m just playing guitar or drums with my friends/family I have a great time.

@@bolillo5013 I find that I can play perfectly along with a track on my computer or tablet but take the backing music away and I'm lost.

It is, I really didn’t think about that untill you commented thaf

Yes! Singing in harmony is maybe my favorite thing in a group, but playing flute, the energy around you...knowing you’re part of this human energy that’s coming together to outwardly realize a mood, an emotion, to show how we can all work together, reaching into something deeper than language and all the surface level stuff...it’s beautiful. :) Even smaller group, chamber music...really rewarding just to hear yourself telling a musical story with others.

Playing with others is the best. I was in a drum lesson and my drum teacher got excited and joined in with a conga. The perfect synergy and just skill that we had there was the most fub thing I have ever lived through

Workout for the brain. A mental workout, if you will.

Play Angel Of Death. You'd be ripped in 3 minutes

Supposing you are not playing music at all...

Alexandra Zavitsanou Well maybe a hand workout lmao

I prefer to have hand workouts in a different manner.

+Astronautical Films No your not...

The sky is falling because tomatoes are really annoying. I guess.

+The sky is falling because tomatoes are really annoying. you're*

Sawknit Srestha Why the fuck should I care?

seth chizmar Your right....Going to watch other people calming their tits and taking deep breathes on pornhub.

Because it actually works

ONCE an ARMY, always an ARMY that’s funny!

wow that's an interesting point

Yeah, learning instruments helps their brains develop. But their kids always play boring instruments like the violin, which they eventually abandon. It's a bummer. Learning to play the guitar or piano is better. They can be lifelong hobbies. Jamming on the guitar after work while sipping a cold beer is heaven...

Justin Davis Can’t believe you called the violin a boring instrument smh

No Name interesting but you could be right...they say the whole universe is made of frequencies and energy, like a giant opera lol

EXACTLY!!!! MUSIC = LIFE EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY MUCH A BIG DISTRACTION . A BUNCH OF MEANINGLESS OPINIONS OR IDEAS FROM PEOPLE WHO a. THINK THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT ( HOLLYWOOD STARS , POLITICIANS, EVERYDAY IDUOTS ) PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL NEVER TALK TO OR BE AROUND . & DONT DO A DAMN THING FOR YOU OR I IN LIFE . OR b. SOME KIND OF SO CALLED AUTHORITY FIGURES ( NO DIFFERENT THAN YOUOR I, A MORTAL MAN , NO SMARTER OR MORE INTELLIGENT ) BUT FOR SOME ODD REASONTHEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLES LIVES. LOL CRAZY !!! THANKGOD FOR THE MAGICAL, MYSTICAL THING CALLED MUSIC !!!!!!!! NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOUR SOUL OR CONTROL ITS AWESOME POWER WITHIN YOU !

No Name racism

On top of that, everything is made up of atoms which consists of electrons, which move around with their individual frequencies

@@anthonyd.2250 that's humor right?

And sherlock holmes

@@iamthemck yup Sherlock Holmes too

U all r right

and dr house

@@dariyaburtseva3371 kkk good very good

Well I do want to be an artist and I spend hours doing math which I absolutely hate. I think there should be a balance between creative work and non creative work in school. It seems like the whole world thinks that everyone wants to become a doctor or a college professor. And wouldn't the instrument learning help with calculus three, if the video is right?

School doesn't count music as a core class, but my teacher said it is a core class or at least it should be. I hate school, music is LYIIIFEEEEE

we actually learn music at school.

And they think teaching us about budgeting and taxes is a waste of time too apparently.

I have music at school, and i'd hate to be FORCED to learn an instrument to pass the year (MUCH, MUCH less than i would hate to be forced to learn to draw good, tho).

Play two note maybe

Dr. Zaiuss dr. Zaius

Of course you can play a note...you only need to push a key. Try on the violin if u're so brave!

Wow! THAT WAS FUNNY. made my day.

Don comedia :v

Who doesnt listen to music though...

@@Killerbee4712 Exactly

More like NYC

James Miller ha ridiculous, but I won't laugh..

Lol

Good catch!

Good one😂

Push your school to get you a great math teacher. Use the ADA act (Americans with disabilities) if you can (as for ADD). I did that and went from a D to an A in 1.5 weeks. Like a private tutor.

You had us in the first half, ngl

🤣🤣🤣

F

Paul McDonagh I guess that's true but my maths will never improve this year.

Paul McDonagh so amazing? It is said incompetent people tend to think themselves as amazing.

She want the M.D. r/wooosh

+Erick Alden yeah do it, its awesome! :D coming up with even the simplest of melodies you can feel the brain party going on and your smile will proof your brain is happy :)

That's the same as what I play. :)

Didn’t ask

Erick Alden i

FluffyFractalshard I made a okay melody that sounds like a battle with a ninja. Its a bit intimidating and the melody can be repeated many times. In the middle, a remix of the first part and a bit of a 'break' is given to let the intimidation go for a bit and give the listener a rest, then again the first part starts and the song repeats again and again.

Unfortunately, if you join an ensemble, you won’t be just playing triangle, you’d have to switch between different percussion instruments. But if it’s by yourself or with friends, go for it!

Great ! You would be in the same company as Ed Grimley. And that's no lie, I must say.

Still not up to Ling Ling standards :"(

Adia Ranario sad but true

That might kill your brain! This video says playing an instrument, not more than one.:-)

dont say the n word.

You'll get caries

I listen to music while practicing guitar coz I have adhd and get distracted really easily

It better not be a woodwind or brass instrument then.

Legend has it you will ascend to the seventh dimension

Using 100% of brain be like

The right teacher really makes a difference. There's nothing more fun than playing lead guitar in a band, and watching everyone on the dance floor. It's like being "in the zone" and you can do no wrong.

@@larryl1427 yes it would be a lot of fun.

Hardly matters if you "don't get it right" because eventually, if you keep at it, you will. When I play the wrong note I just claim it as getting that "jazz" sound...always works.

The best advice I can give you is… it’s suppose to sound bad at first. It’s not until practice and playing thru does it get better. No one picks it up and starts playing like how they were taught. But once you do it’s fulfilling af man and addicting. First thing to learn is stop doubting yourself

@@Papiexperiencee Thank you for the kind advice. I agree with you.

Oh they should do that! Collab with a neuroscientist and see what goes on in their brains during it!

YASSSS

Brett and Eddy are proud

Obed Poto-Poto brest lol

Cabal ***hungarian rhapsody no 2 intensifies***

令翹 lmao

He practices 42 hours a day

interesting

@@arsyahr138 you can't practice 42 hours a day. If that were possible ling ling wouldn't stop at 40

I read this in Eddys ˋAsian mum ´voice, because you put the la at the end 😂

Finally a comment that has insight. Thank you. Playing the guitar is how I survived my final years in the torture chamber referred to as a “home” controlled by toxic parents.

Ikr aarghh

0.05% mandolinists, like me. Awesome video, I will show it to all my friends that do not understand me

LeT's SeE MY prOuD DRummerS

I play bassoon and baroque recorder. I was thinking the same thing. So many guitarists!!

Ikr xD

Ha! And 112% are chuckling 🤣

@@SparrowHawk183 agreed lol, im not a guitarist BTW

Lol so many guitarists, haripists where you at lol

90% of guitarists do not represent 90% of the population hello? You probably don't play instruments that's why you post stuff like this.

@@zefanhu6033 it's already been established that he's one of the people here who can't count. He was probably just adding to the joke by saying guitarists instead of musicians.

No, pretty much the same because it excercises the motor skill along with other musicians and adding feet shouldn't cause that much of a difference.

Organ is MUCH different than how you use a drum set or a piano, your feet can be just as active as your hands, there is another keyboard with usually 32 pedals you play.

Angela Yu Organ is MUCH different than how you use a drum set or a piano, your feet can be just as active as your hands, there is another keyboard with usually 32 pedals you play.

Oceananswer Try playing like Danny Carey on drums. Polyrhythms, Polymeters, each limb playing in their own time signature. Also, frequent tempo changes.

brazwen Tomas Haake and Matt Garstka come to mind