Now that the school year has started in full force, many parents view November as Back to School Night when they meet their children’s teachers for the first time and get an assessment of how well or poorly their students are doing. little juniors. Historically, the subject of mathematics has been a great cause for concern, as many students fall behind in this subject and have difficulties. However, a secret to getting better grades is pretty simple: let your kids play music.
Yes, that is correct. Let your children play music. Let them take a musical instrument. Whether they choose to learn to play the violin or piano, or little rocker Johnny wants to be like Eddie Van Halen and break the Eruption alone, it doesn’t matter. The important thing is that they begin to learn an instrument. This will definitely improve your math grades due to the close relationship between music and math.
Learning a musical instrument will expose your child to learning to read music. In addition to strengthening hand-eye coordination, which is always a good thing, learning to read music will greatly improve your child’s ability to work with fractions. Yes, that is correct. Musical notes are structured as fractions of a complete note. Thus, a quarter note receives a quarter of the time that it receives a full note and an eighth note receives an eighth of the time. In addition, there are sixteenth notes, thirty seconds, and even, although less common, sixty-four and one hundred and twenty-eight notes. There is also “dotted notes“which are held for the duration of the original note plus half that time interval. Therefore, a”dotted black note“is held for 1/4 of the time plus 1/2 of 1/4 or 1/8 of the time longer, for a total of 3/8 of the original time interval. This”dowry“The operator works on all notes. Therefore, by learning to read and play music, your children are unconsciously mastering fractions and some of their arithmetic operations.
As your children progress deeper into their instrument and learn more about its underlying music theory, they become even more exposed to the mix of math and music. When children learn different musical scales and the component notes of those scales, developing musicians are exposed to harmonics and how certain note frequencies work with others. Even if students never dive deep into harmonics and scale relationships, and only learn to play for sheer pleasure, this activity will always be a welcome addition to any maturing teenager’s agenda. The ability to play an instrument will not only avoid many potentially dull moments, it will also prevent children from engaging in otherwise unhealthy or even dangerous habits.
So if you want your child’s math scores to improve, you may not necessarily have to hire an expensive tutor. You may just have to go out and buy a guitar … or a drums … or a piano. Go do it. It will be one of the best investments you make in your child’s future. Lets the music sound!
