Klarinet Archive - Posting 000405.txt from 2000/04

From: charette@-----.org
Subj: Re: [kl] Music Education = Academic Achievement (was Student mo
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:40:43 -0400

In the studies I've looked at (including that MENC) one, the two questions that I really want answered are:

1) Does listening to good music (whatever _that_ is) help you become smarter (whatever _taht_ means) or
2) Does playing music help you become smarter? or
3) Do smart people listen to good music? or
4) Do smart people play good music?

maybe there's some interesting combinations of the above, too.

In any case it's always win-win situation as long as you listen to or play music! :^)

There was a study a while back that ended up being called "The Mozart Effect" which was misconstrued by the popular press as showing that listening to Mozart could help you become smarter. The reality of that study was that it showed that college students performed a test involving short-term memory better after listening to Mozart than a control group. It couldn't be extrapolated to either long-term memory or to non-college students.

Mark Charette@-----.org,
who makes sure his kids are exposed to music listening & playing, becuase it's good for the soul (whatever _that_ is) no matter what.

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