I don’t know whether music training ‘magically’ affects a child’s personality and intellect, I can confirm that there are some practical aspects that actually make them smarter 1. Better co-ordination : According to scientific studies, best exercises for a human being are those which involve co-ordination between hands, eyes, and brain. Playing a musical instrument involves co-ordination of both the hands (sometimes all four limbs, like playing a drumkit), eyes and brain. 2. Better concentration: While performing music, a child has to fully concentrate on different aspects of a song, like note pitches, rhythm and lyrics. 3.   Better Task orientation: I think the best skill a child can learn from music is ‘task orientation’. In music, even an average performance takes 100% preparation. As a performer, you are not allowed to make a single mistake. While preparing a song, children always have a very clear task- to prepare the song to its full length, without any mist...

For the last ten years, having taught music to thousands of students at my  institute , I have seen that those who attended regular sessions for a prolonged period eventually ended up securing much better careers & opportunities than those who didn’t. Based on my personal experience, I can confirm that many of them were not focused and their concentration was poor when they started taking music lessons. Later, as they progressed to higher grades, they became more focused and started showing excellent results. Surprisingly they started showing equally good results in academics and sports too. I saw their personality being totally transformed. The effect that training (or skill acquisition) in one domain might have on skills and cognitive performances in other domains is commonly referred to as ‘transfer’ or ‘near transfer’. I  specially remember one kid, Rishabh from my 2004 batch. He was initially an introvert child, who was average in studies. When he started...