What are the easiest instruments to learn for a child? As a parent, by now, you would know kids have excellent aptitude for learning new things. Playing a musical instrument is a sure way of putting ...

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Learning new skills as an adult can be difficult. We’ve established our habits and routines. Old dogs, new tricks, et cetera. As a child, your day was planned out, and you didn’t have as many ...

When Bobby McFerrin released the song, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in 1988, music teacher Tish McFadden opened her Rum Tum School of Music in Ashland and nothing since then has stopped her from working ...

Learning an instrument improves your memory, as well as your muscle memory. When learning an instrument, you are engaging both the left and right sides of your brain. This is particularly beneficial ...

You don't have to build your own guitar, thank God. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Learning a musical instrument is hard. Really hard. It takes a long time to make anything that sounds like music, ...

What do Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Sherlock Holmes all have in common? If you answered that they’re all famous thinkers, even geniuses, you would be right – but did you know that they all ...

Senior citizens have lots of time on their hands. They are retired with little or nothing to do besides watching the TV and looking out the window. They pine for the days of their youth and their ...