Your brain might age better if you play a musical instrument or sing in a choir, research has found. Engaging in and creating music in some way has been linked to better brain health in later years of ...

Music should be considered an easy, accessible way to maintain the brain, according to a study published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Scientists at the University of Exeter ...

Listening to your favorite songs can easily boost your mood, but that's not the only benefit associated with enjoying music. According to new findings published in the Journal of the American ...

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the December 2008 issue of Macworld, prior to the introduction of GarageBand ’09. If you want to record music, you must know how to play it. Learning ...

Think playing an instrument is just a childhood pastime or a talent reserved for the naturally gifted? Think again. Picking up a musical instrument later in life isn’t just a fulfilling creative ...

Some instruments can take years and years to learn and master. So unless you’re an artist who years to be free of this miserable life and take refuge in music – just try one of these easiest ...

Learning a musical instrument as an adult can seem like an expensive proposition. There's the cost of the instrument, books and hiring a music teacher – it can all add up quickly. However, there are ...

Meet Neo, an instrument that explores an intuitive, visual, and touch-based approach to playing music. When Dutch designer Lola Gielen realized that she loved making music but was terrible at it, she ...

There has been a longstanding gulf between the consumption of music and the creation of it: not everyone has the time or money to spend on lessons and instruments, and for those in school, many music ...