Hammond Music

Whilst a child is studying at school it is proven that learning a musical instrument is very beneficial. This is the first year that the UK Government have decided to launch this incentive. Professor Susan Hallam who works at the Institute of Education for the University of London analysed various scores and tests on behalf of researchers’ studies on the benefits of music to children. This discovery led to a group of researchers to believe that learning a music instrument of any kind enlrages the left side of the brain which apparently leads to kids being able to remember a fifth more information than someone who had not decided to try and learn a musical instrument. This research was commissioned by the Government in an effort to try and get more children to start learning musical instruments and partake in extra curricular activities outside of school. By 2011 the Government wants to try and introduce and incentive for kids of 7 to 11 to learning how play a musical instrument. Apparently, music lessons increase a students IQ by seven points compared to 4.3 points for drama lessons. Other similar tests have been run in America and they have also found that playing a musical instrument such as Electric Guitars, Digital Pianos & Grand Pianos helps improve a child’s behaviours and commitment to school. This is mainly due to the fact that working in smaller music based groups requires trust, respect and compromise. When a student is young, music makes a major contribution to help that child develop his own self-identity and is seen as really valuable source of support to help them feel accepted into society. It gives them something they can feel happy about. Some of the country's most popular artists such as Jamie Cullum is a supporter of the program and has been taking regular visits into schools to help them start to learn musical instruments.

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