Fun Music Facts

Music can uplift your mood. It’s considered to be a natural anti-depressant because it has a direct effect on our hormones.

Leo Fender, the inventor of solid-body electric guitar and electric bass guitar, never learned to play either instrument.

The range of a piano starts from the top note of the piccolo through to the lowest note of the double bassoon. That’s the full spectrum of any orchestra in one instrument!

The electric guitar can be used for many different styles of music such as jazz, country, rock, pop, heavy metal and more!

Research has shown that learning music is known to have lifelong cognitive benefits even if you don’t play an instrument anymore.

One of the only activities that activates, stimulates and uses the entire brain is music.

Your heart beat changes and mimics the music you listen to!

Did You Know? Drums are one of the world’s oldest instruments and have carried the same
traditional shape for thousands of years.

Laughter may be the best medicine but so is Music! Researchers at the University of Maryland found that listening to your favorite music can be good for your cardiovascular health.

Playing an instrument, singing or even passively listening to music is a great stress buster and
can therefore improve overall health.

The piano can be considered both a string instrument and a percussion instrument. It uses 230
strings for its full range of sound but it only makes a noise when a hammer hits the string. So if
you play the piano you can also be considered to be a percussionist!

The Classical Guitar is different from other guitars in its music and playing technique. Unlike
other guitars that use metal strings, classical guitars are made of Nylon strings that gives the guitar
its unique sound.

Cello is actually an abbreviation of the Italian term violoncello.

The trumpet is one of the oldest of all brass instruments. The trumpet has been around for about 3000 years.

The Flute family consists of different sizes of flutes: piccolo, alto, tenor, bass and contrabass.

Aren’t there times when certain songs get stuck in your head, on repeat? Well, these songs are known as earworms.

Favorite songs most likely become favorites because they’re associated with or remind intense emotional events in one’s life.

Playing music regularly will physically alter your brain structure. Your synaptic connections increase as you engage in a new activity or learn something new. Studies show that cortex volume is the highest in professional musicians, intermediate in amateur musicians, and lowest in non-musicians.

A 2015 study revealed that babies remain calm twice as long when listening to a song than when listening to talking.

With all the benefits that music lessons provide, it’s best that you enroll your child in a music academy in Dubai. Popular Music Institute in Dubai offers training on vocals and various music instruments. Join our basic, classical and acoustic guitar classes, saxophone classes, piano classes, violin classes, flute classes and many more in Dubai UAE.