Then pick up a guitar, start tickling a piano’s ivories or join a band. Playing an instrument can promote a youthful pattern of brain activity, researchers reported July 15 in the journal PLOS Biology ...

As parents grapple with making the right or best educational decisions for their children, the questions about learning a musical instrument will often come up. Not just one question, but many. Should ...

Many believe childhood is the prime time for learning an instrument As we move into adulthood, the cognitive flexibility that makes learning easier for children tends to decline, presenting a ...

It started after my mother died. She was a concentration-camp survivor—a prodigy concert pianist in Vienna who was taken when she was only a girl. She taught me the piano by holding her hands over ...

Playing a musical instrument could help protect the brain against age-related decline, new research has suggested. Older adults with long-term musical training performed better at understanding speech ...

Music is deeply rooted in culture and traditions. Music, melodies, and rhythms are key elements of everyday life in India. This musical heritage comes from a plethora of unique and fascinating musical ...

Once thought to be the earliest musical instruments, bone artifacts called “Neanderthal flutes” were actually the work of scavenging hyenas, a new study says. Discovered in caves in southeast Europe, ...

Matthew Bird, a high school student studying computer science, has released a tool called `` Audio Decomposition '' that uses a simple algorithm to break down music made up of the overlapping sounds ...