By: Tom Barnes  If your parents forced you to practice your scales by saying it would “build character,” they were onto something. The Washington Post reports that one of the largest scientific studies into music’s effect on the brain has found something striking: Musical training doesn’t just affect your musical ability — it provides tremendous Read more about Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You[…]

By: Daniel Owen van Dommelen The piano is a beautiful instrument. Its players often come across as mysterious; these people who have spent hundreds of hours practicing scales and repeating phrases over and over again to reach sheer aural perfection. To an audience member it can have a similar effect to watching a magic trick Read more about Science Says Piano Players’ Brains Are Very Different From Everybody Else’s[…]