Blog - Music and Musical Instruments | page 3

The exciting discovery that listening to Mozart's music contributes to the improvement of a child's intelligence already during prenatal development was not confirmed, and the Mozart effect was ranked among the biggest scientific mistakes of modern times. However, the question of whether a child's intelligence is related to music does not let scientists sleep even today, and they recently found that children who are engaged with music have better grades in school. When to start with music and which instrument to try first?

They say it's never too late to make music, but why it's better to start playing an instrument as soon as possible? Beside being a great boredom buster, it brings a lot of advantages. Do you know which?

Are you wondering how to pick good quality guitar strings? You should think carefully about the purchase, because strings are an essential part of every guitar. When playing the instrument, especially in the beginning, you do not really think about replacing them. At some point, however, an exchange is needed. If you found out that you need new strings, we have a practical guide for you.

Are you thinking about how to tune your guitar so that the whole process is relatively quick and easy? There are several ways to do this. You can choose a tuner, a phone app or basic tuning by ear. To find out what suits you best, you must first try each option. We have written a simple guide for you, which will help you in the entire process.

Picking the right guitar is the first essential step. Your first guitar can bring you heaps of fun, or totally discourage you. Getting to know how to play an instrument is a process of constant trying, making mistakes, trying again... and unfortunately making more mistakes. Therefore, choose right away a guitar that'll keep you motivated to keep playing despite the first difficulties. But how to pick the guitar without any previous experience? Ask yourself a couple of questions that'll help you to navigate through a huge selection of guitars.