{"id":1329,"date":"2015-11-20T09:56:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T17:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2022-03-24T13:55:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:55:42","slug":"violin-lessons-benefits-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/violin-lessons-benefits-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Violin Lessons and The Undeniable Benefits For Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3290 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_4423-1024x682-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Violin Lessons and The Undeniable Benefits For Children by 88 Keys Music Academy\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_4423-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_4423-1024x682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_4423-1024x682-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/>First things first, we can all agree some kind of activity, whether it be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/2015\/05\/04\/summer-music-programs-students\/\">music<\/a> or art or athletics, should be part of a child&#8217;s development. \u00a0It stimulates the brain, encourages routine, creates a sense of hard work, and hopefully, a form of discipline will take a hold of them. \u00a0But why the violin? \u00a0Why encourage your child to take violin lessons? \u00a0Here&#8217;s a few <strong>great reasons &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>1. \u00a0It Improves Hand Coordination<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not talking hand-eye coordination. \u00a0I&#8217;m talking manipulating both hands while accomplishing different tasks with each. \u00a0In addition, their dexterity will improve the more they practice. \u00a0And <strong>isn&#8217;t it better to occupy their hands with an instrument rather than game controller?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>2. \u00a0Music History = Done<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Okay, that&#8217;s an exaggeration but an education in music history never ends! \u00a0However, the basics will be. \u00a0The classics will and should be all too familiar the longer they take lessons. \u00a0Composers like Mozart, Beethoven, <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Dvorak\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Dvorak<\/span>, and many more. \u00a0Great violinists like <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Paganini\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Paganini<\/span>\u00a0and Vivaldi.\u00a0Now a child may not appreciate this knowledge right away but you will. \u00a0And the more you encourage them to learn not only the violin but the history of the music they&#8217;re learning, you&#8217;ll be surprised at how quickly they take to not only the violin but also learning more about those who came before them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>3. \u00a0Building Brain Muscle<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is an easy one. \u00a0The brain acts like a muscle. \u00a0If you want to build it and improve it, you&#8217;ve got to keep working it. \u00a0And the best way to work it is through <strong>learning<\/strong>. \u00a0There isn&#8217;t a better way to workout the brain of a developing child than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/2013\/10\/07\/benefits-taking-pianokeyboard-lessons\/\">learning an instrument<\/a>, especially the violin (although learning a second language comes in second).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4. \u00a0Routine and Discipline<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To learn the violin requires commitment. \u00a0Commitment demands practice. \u00a0Practice necessitates a routine. \u00a0And a routine generates a sense of self-discipline. \u00a0Once that sense of self-discipline takes hold, you will see it carry over into other activities, especially school work.<\/p>\n<p>Just listen to the great physicist Albert Einstein.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;If I were not a physicist,&#8221; he once said, &#8220;I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music&#8230;. I get most joy in life out of music&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re ready to enroll your child in violin lessons and get them on a path that helps them appreciate music while developing crucial development skills at a young age, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> or give us a call at 626.455.5397!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First things first, we can all agree some kind of activity, whether it be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/2015\/05\/04\/summer-music-programs-students\/\">music<\/a> or art or athletics,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-violin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1329"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3340,"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329\/revisions\/3340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.88keysmusicacademy.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}