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Learning a musical instrument can be fun, keep your brain active and healthy, and make you popular around campfires. What’s not to like? Unfortunately, learning to play an instrument can be very ...

Learning any instrument for the first time is going to take time and dedication. There are so many benefits to learning an instrument. Once you get the hang of it, playing music can help relieve ...

GUESS it’s not such a noisy nuisance after all: One in six parents actually want their kids to learn to play drums, new research suggests. That’s just one surprising takeaway from a new study that ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

If you struggle with chopsticks, let alone a sonata by Chopin, a mind-reading computer could help. The new Brain Automated Chorales (Bach) machine measures how hard a person's brain is working to ...

Low-income British families are at risk of under-representation in the music industry, as children are priced out of learning instruments, new research suggests. The data indicates that families from ...

Children plinking away on the piano or tootling on the recorder may seem like a distraction from 'more important' subjects such as maths, English science. But new research has found that time spent on ...

It's never too late to take up a new instrument. In fact, a new instrument can help keep the mind young and spry. Regardless of your age, here are some of the best musical instruments for Baby Boomers ...

Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests. One third of children play a musical instrument compared with two thirds of their parents ...