When it comes to the life lessons you learn when you are learning to play music, it’s hard to imagine any more valuable than self-confidence. Learning to play an instrument, or to sing, is hard and takes a lot of work for a long time. You have to be patient and determined. But once you start getting the hang of it, once you are able to play or sing something you know is worth listening to, you realize that you can do it—and do it well.
That kind of confidence carries over to the bandstand, if you will. It puts meaning behind the song you are playing or singing, which results in a real connection with your audience. They don’t just hear the notes you’re playing or words you’re singing, they feel them. And that’s the whole idea behind performing, that relationship with your audience, whether it’s thousands of people in a concert hall or you’re playing for your family on the spinet in your living room.
Like other life lessons you learn learning music, self-confidence carries over to other things you do in life, another broadly beneficial lesson that learning to play music teaches.