Could playing a musical instrument make you better at math?

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It sounds like a stupid question but hear me out. I've recently read an article on TEDEd about "when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout." and that got me thinking. If it's working out your whole brain would that make you better at math? I'm planning on performing an experiment as soon as I get a new instrument because I've already become pretty proficient with the ones I currently have but please let me know your thoughts or even what instrument I should use. Thanks for your time and have a great day!

2017-08-27T07:08:19Z

Here is the TEDEd article: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins

RWPossum · Answer

Let's put it this way. The psychologists say there's all kinds of good stuff you get from learning to play an instrument.  There's nothing bad comes from it unless it's something like becoming a rock star and ending up choking to death on your own vomit (or anybody else's vomit for that matter).

Some people think it's good for math too. Who cares? Go for it!

If it doesn't work for your math, there are books that help with this - Math Doesn't Suck by Danica McKellar, Cliffs Algebra I and other course guides, How to Double Your Child's Grades by Eugene Schwartz.

Used course guides are cheap. Buy a few. Use the best one for explanations and the rest for practicing with problems.

The only way to get good math scores is practice, practice, practice!

This is not problem-solving in the usual sense of the word. It's going through routines that you've memorized.

If you don't have a routine, improvise. This works with word problems. There's only so much info the teacher can hide in a word problem. If you just play around with the numbers and find a new number, that's probably the answer.

Anonymous · Answer

nop … but  playing  musical  instrument  can  allow  one's  mind  to  be  more  receptive  to  stimuli.

Could playing a musical instrument make you better at math?

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