How only 30 musical minutes a day will work wonders for
the mind and body.

By Max Filkins/Family Piano

Waukegan, IL. – When I started learning the piano at the young age of eight years old, I was unaware of the amazing paths that music would lead me down. In my fourteen years since I first sat down at the piano bench, I count my lucky stars every day that I am able to experience the joys of music-making first hand. 

How can only 30 minutes of playing piano positively change your life? Well, exciting research into the psychology of the human brain is continuously returning good news for those who spend some quality time plucking away at the ivory keys regularly. And the best part: these benefits will improve your life regardless of age or any other consideration. That’s right, all that’s required is a will to learn. 

The piano is an exceptionally crafted instrument for exercising your mind. The piano actively trains your mind to multi-task, teaching you to not only play with both hands at once but coordinating precise movements of your feet with the music allows your brain to process large amounts of different information at once, in effect training your mind to manage many different tasks at once.

This has been proven to greatly increase your brain’s ability to process mathematical information as well as improves your hand-eye coordination and dexterity. In today’s multi-tasking fast-paced life, the boost to your brain’s processing power that the piano provides is invaluable. 

In addition to the brainpower boost, the piano offers incredible benefits for the social, emotional, and creative sections of your brain. Learning music is a process of figuring out how to channel a wide range of human emotions into an expressive art form.

This expression is something our brains are uniquely built to process. The language centers of the brain are highly tied to the same musical and creative areas of the brain, meaning that through the process of expressing yourself musically, your brain is training to better communicate through language and emotions. In our cyber-connected world, the key to success lies in the ability to communicate with those around you. 

Now, all of this sounds great on the surface level! But finding a good teacher at an affordable price is a challenge of its own, right? Well at Family Piano, we make signing up for lessons simple, affordable and offer a wide range of highly experienced music teachers each with their own areas of expertise. We teach most instruments and voice and are ready to meet your musical education needs.  At only $99 a month for weekly 30-minute lessons (That’s ONLY $20-25 a week!), learning a new instrument or continuing your musical education can cost you less than a daily cup of coffee. Now that’s a smart investment.