If you have a restless but artistic teen at home, or a 10-year-old tearing around the house and singing in the bathroom, we can help. Introduce them to Indian classical music, first as audience, and then, as students. Classical music training can help kids in many ways, and we have listed some of them below.
Disciplines through training
Learning Indian classical music requires training and therefore, patience. Whether the Guru enforces it or not, a child who wants to sing well or play the sitar well, will put in hours of practice willingly. A teenager who thinks the table is ‘cool’ will reduce screen time to practice his art. Training disciplines the mind, and teaches us to optimise our day, and it happens as a labour of love.
Works as an anti-depressant
All classical music calms the mind. Visit YouTube if you don’t believe us and look at the billions of views and millions of likes. A calm child is more joyful, can concentrate better and has better sleep patterns. And this leads to better health for children of all ages.
Improves memory
Music is as much about performing as listening. As kids train to listen carefully, not just hear, their memory cells start working harder to store notes, tunes, tones, methods, approaches, improvisations and everything else that makes classical music practice so engrossing. It’s not memorising, but actually improving the quality of how our memory functions.
Helps in achieving emotional balance
Music is a universal language. When a child wants to tell the world he or she is happy, angry, sad, thoughtful, or any other emotion, and wants to do it through music, everything changes. They realise they must control their emotions enough to perform, and release them enough to convey the emotion to the audience. This exercise helps them achieve an excellent emotional balance.
Connects kids to their roots
Classical music is like the soul of India. Even if a child is playing a raga on a guitar, or repeating Indian talas on a drum set, their mind, body and soul are aligned with those who composed the ragas. It connects them deeply to their roots.