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The Wonderful Effects of Learning the Violin

1. Good measurable physical effects on the brain and nervous system
2. Good evident effects on the soul, heart, mind, and strength.

• Enhanced connectivity between left and right brain functioning carries over into other activities of living with beneficial effect.
• Neuro-Physiological (Brain and nerve system) effect of learning the violin.
• Increased activity and strength to the right hemisphere of your brain.
• Increased connectivity between the two hemispheres which yields greater communication between those two parts of your brain.
• This should yield overall greater total function. This can result in increased co-ordination between analytical details (left brain breaking things down into their component parts) and big-picture thinking (right brain).
• Very simply, increased used of the left hand, increases the stimulation of the right brain. To use the left hand for fingering and vibrato and simultaneously use the right for bowing requires a tremendous increase in connectivity between the left and right hemispheres of your brain.

Once you learn to play the violin it can have very rewarding effects on your mind and body. It can also be a rewarding experience that can be done individually or with a group. Psychologically, playing the violin stimulates the flow of powerful endorphins that lift a mood and create a feeling of well-being. Playing the violin can also be seen as a great form of meditation, which increases your ability to focus.