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Music And Music : The Importance Of Music

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Throughout history music has been a powerful tool that has affected everybody in unique ways whether it be by sending a strong message or just provoking a variety of different emotions. Music has been a big part of my life since a very young age. It has helped me work harder in all aspects of my life, taught me to appreciate everything in life no matter the scale, and optimize my creativity. Musicians are always told to spend a lot of time practicing and rehearsing from a young age, but it is not as often that musicians are taught how to practice. My sophomore year, I had a jazz teacher who spent a lot of time teaching us how to practice, and although these skills he taught us were specifically related to music, I found that these skills transitioned into all areas of my life that I wanted to improve and achieve success. Practice isn’t just simple repetition of something, but it is like the roots of a tree; although you can’t see them, they are responsible for the basic life of the tree. In music, the audience will never hear you practice, but without it the performance would be a complete failure. In order to really improve you have to find motivation and passion while keeping a strong focus. After learning this, I found myself improving in many areas of my life such as academics. I began to actually take interest in what I was learning and studied with a strong focus. As a consequence of learning these skills, my grades improved, I became a better musician, and developed

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