Learning to play a musical instrument produces such profound changes in children's brains that kids actually can hear and process sounds they couldn't hear otherwise, according to researchers using ...

Everyone loves music. But there are also many benefits of learning to play an instrument. Give the lifelong gift of music to ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

The idea of listening to some off-key chords may not seem ideal. But, contrary to popular belief, most parents actually want their kids to learn a musical instrument. A new study conducted by OnePoll ...

Parents and grandparents sometimes debate which musical instrument is the most painful in the hands of a beginner. Our nomination for first place is the violin, with drums coming in a distant second.