Guitars give a lot of health
Science assures it: when learning to play this (or other) instrument, friends are not the only ones to benefit.
Only someone who plays guitar knows the special taste of placing a few fingers on a set of strings and giving birth to music in a unique, precise and unrepeatable moment. However, personal satisfaction is far from being the only reason why we should play these instruments. According to the latest scientific research, playing guitar ensures a wellness hardly achievable by other means. We give you five advantages of picking up a guitar.
Play a song, say goodbye to stress
Playing and listening to music relieves daily tensions, reduces the production of cortisol (the stress hormone) and lowers blood pressure.
Your brain will appreciate it
Playing guitar is one of the activities that triggers more regions of the brain simultaneously, thus resulting in a vast increase of the intellectual potential of every individual. The ability to focus grows exponentially, as it is required in the process of learning music. Resilience will also be exercised, because you don’t just start to play a song at the first try: it will take much, much training as well as a violent combat to boredom and frustration.
Sense of achievement
No one can explain the feeling which is to play a song from the beginning to the end, immaculately imitating our idols. A research conducted by the US McGill University concluded that playing guitar has effects on the brain similar to sex, with special emphasis on the release of dopamine, the same hormone secreted when you have an orgasm.
Eliminates pain
Guitar also has direct effects on pain feelings, removing them temporarily. As demonstrated by an investigation conducted by the University of Utah, in the United States, music (both heard and played) has the ability to abstract the mind from suffering, eliminating sensations of pain.
Strengthened heart
Playing an instrument and literally feeling the rhythm of the song helps to strengthen the heartbeat, causing more stimulation to this muscle and thus making it more active and healthy.
