Music And Memory

Music is one of the forms of art that has become an indispensable part of every individual 's life. In fact, commencing with the creation of first primitive musical instruments by our ancestors and ending up with complex modern instruments and technologies like synthesizers and computer programs that scores sounds, humankind was always inclined to be surrounded by music. As Levitin states "Whenever humans come together for any reason, music is there: weddings, funerals, graduation from college, men marching off to war, stadium sporting events, a night on the town, prayer, a romantic dinner, mothers rocking their infants to sleep ... music is a part of the fabric of everyday life" ( Levitin, 2010). Today music has already found its place even

The role which music plays in language acquisition contributes to the development of reading skills. A number of research studies have found that children who attend musical instructions show a tendency to score higher in comparison to those who do not participate. According to Butzlaff (2000) about 25 studies among over 500,000 students found strong association between musical instruction and results of reading comprehension tests. One of the ways in which extensive active music engagement improves reading performance is through the improved verbal memory. Verbal memory is a vital aspect of children learning to read as it will be of help in reading printed texts with comprehension. Ho, Cheng and Chan (2003) worked with ninety 6-15 years old children come to a determination that those with music training had substantially better verbal memory and operating holdup. Moreover, musical skills have strong correlations with phonological and phonemic awareness which are directly linked with literacy. In order to become successful readers it is extremely important for children to have an ability to recognize that words are composed of segregated sound units and use this knowledge in reading and building of words. The results of research which is examined phonological awareness, musical performance, and early reading skills of 100 preschooler children show that music skills strongly correlated with both ,

Creativity is one of the most crucial tools that lead to success. Majority of researchers that focused on the effects of music on creativity elicited the relationships between processing music and stimulating the creativity on person. According to Hallam (2010) music students of high-schools and universities showed higher scores on tests of creativity compared to the non-music majors. Besides, Einstein who is considered to be one of the most creative geniuses of the world recognized an indefinable connection between music and his science. Consequently, he frequently applied music in order to help with his creative process. In addition, the Director of the Music Intelligence Lab at Georgia Tech, Parag Chordia claims that music is an essential contributor to the creativity development and cultivation (Dogra, 2017). Musical training, especially creating music and improvisation are the processes that are responsible for activating several areas of brain and help to improve the capacity of creative thinking. Particularly, listening to music may also greatly facilitate relaxation which is known as a key to creativity. Lehrer (2012,p) insist that it is more likely to be directed to "the spotlight of attention inward " when the person 's mind is at ease. Likewise, one of the key components of creative process -imagination is also stimulated by music listening. Being immersed in beautiful