Girl playing a guitar after getting on demend video lessons from Rock Dojo

Music Education Benefits: Music And Memory

Girl playing a guitar after getting on demend video lessons from Rock Dojo

Kids Learn How To Rock Out On Guitar With Help From The Guitar Sensei 

Does your child show an interest in guitar? Do you want to foster the interest in music in them? Rock Dojo can help you do just that! Brian Parham, the guitar sensei, offers guitar lessons for kids aged 6 to 12. Guitar lessons are a great, fun extracurricular for your kids to enjoy over the summer or even during the school year! 

Music Education Offers Benefits To Your Child’s Development 

Learning music as a form of expression and as a skill is reward enough on its own, but did you know that music education can help your kid’s development? It’s true! Music education is linked to a wide range of skills that can be useful to your kids later in life. 

Did You Know Music Education Is Good For Your Child’s Memory? 

Early education in music can help develop your child’s memory. This is because music education requires memorization. Students must remember how to sight-read notes to play off of sheet music and must remember how to play notes on their instrument. This stimulates the memory center of the brain and improves memory-related skills. One study has even presented evidence that musicians perform better at auditory, visual, and memory tests than non-musicians do. 

Music is also a useful tool for learning because it is easily stored in our memory. It’s easy to get a song stuck in your head, right? Music can enhance learning in a lot of ways – whether by helping memorize facts with a melody or using the right music during study time. 

If you’re interested in learning more about how music education can benefit your kids, take a look at the Rock Dojo blog! We have several interviews with renowned musicians in which they discuss a variety of possible benefits of early education in music. 

Sign Your Kids Up For Online Guitar Lessons 

The Rock Dojo is an award-winning guitar program for kids in Portland, OR. Online guitar lessons are the safest and most effective method for learning to play the guitar during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can register your kid now for our online group guitar classes for kids and private guitar lessons for kids. We also now offer on-demand online guitar lessons for kids starting at the White Belt level!