Listening is also a part of learning and it has its own positive effects on a child’s personality. Children learn a lot about melody & rhythm by just listening to music. Music listening played a major role in my own initial training. My father used to play all different kinds of music and that’s how I developed a special bond with music early in my childhood. When you listen different kinds of music, you learn to connect with different things. You learn to connect with your own emotions and others’ emotions as well. When my father played ‘morning & evening ragas’ or ‘wind’ by Hari Prasad Chaurasia , I learned to connect with the nature and its beauty. When I first listened albums by western artists I found that they wrote mostly about social and political issues that time. It helped me develop a good understanding about the world around me. I tried to find out where my favorite artists came from and why they wrote songs on particular issues. Billy Joel wrote a brill...

From the core of Musicology www.musicology.co.in You can train your child to become a genius –  Manisha Dixit Most of us think that genius is a born trait but scientists in the modern era don’t seem to agree.  One of them is John Medina. I am an admirer of Medina’s work and I would like to share it with you. Through his studies, Medina has proved that genius is a trait that can be developed. Here are the top 5 habits which can be developed in children: 1.  Desire to explore:  The idea is very simple we can  encourage the children to explore .  When an apple falls off a tree, don’t eat it. Ask why? At Musicology, we encourage our students and instructors to  use 4 Ws – What, Why, When, Where? 2.  Self-control:  This is  ‘focus’ and time management . These days many kids are wasting too much time on Whatsapp, facebook or phones. During our class conversations, we often tell them how to use the gadgets wisely and take advantage ...