Depending on your instrument, you might need delicate finger movements or refined breath control or a high level of co-ordination, for example between feet, hands, eyes and breath. All of these call for highly developed motor control.
Learning to play a musical instrument or to sing brings extraordinary, lifelong benefits. Why? Because when you’re working on your instrument you’re also working on yourself, as John Holmes, Chief Examiner at ABRSM explains.
When you play your instrument, you’re also doing all of the following: