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The benefits of music learning

When you’re working on your instrument or voice you're also working on yourself.
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Learning to play a musical instrument or to sing brings extraordinary, lifelong benefits. Why? Because when you’re working on your instrument or voice you’re also working on yourself, as John Holmes explains.

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