It is now claimed that playing an instrument can make you smarter. Research suggests that remembering complex chords and scale patterns can, quite simply put, change the shape of the human brain. It will even boost your IQ by up to 7 points!

Swiss neurology experts say that there is more and more evidence pointing to the fact that a musician’s brain works differently from those of others and even looks different. The parts of the brain that control motor functions and memory become larger and more active when a person learns to play an instrument. The ability to read the emotions of others, alertness and planning also improve drastically.

Lutz Jancke, of the University of Zurich, said: “We found that even in people over the age of 65 after four or five months of playing an hour a week there were strong changes in the brain. The parts of the brain that control hearing, memory, and the part that controls the hands, among others, all become more active. Essentially the architecture of the brain changes”.

This is especially the case for children. It is found that children learning an instrument at a young age will tend to have more discipline and planning ability as they grow older.

Learning a musical instrument can also make it easier to learn and pick up new languages. Because you have to learn about tones and note differences, this skill becomes an everyday thing, thus making it easier to learn a language and especially interpret the emotions of others with greater accuracy.

It is never too late to start learning how to play an instrument. We have taught thousands of old, young and everything in between to play the guitar across many mediums. After all, if learning something cool like guitar can make you smarter, imagine how it can assist in helping a person become more attractive 🙂