Mozart Effect On Children's Development

Music can be found in every culture all around the world. Music has become such a big part of our lives that researchers can't help but want to study how music affects people, especially children. Many parents, teachers, scholars, and businesses are interested in learning more about the influence of music on the development of children. Others focus on how formal music training impacts various aspects of cognitive development such as perception, memory, and language skills. Some researchers are interested in documenting effects that listening to music may have on children’s development. When considering this topic, the notorious "Mozart Effect" likely comes to mind, referring to claims that listening to Mozart's music improves cognitive ability
in young children. The Mozart Effect is now generally considered to be invalid, but this does not mean that music has no effect on cognitive development.
There are many different types of musical skills a person learns when he or she are involved in musical training. For example, a musician needs to know how to physically play and work his or her instrument, or how to make vocal sounds the correct way. A musician also needs to know how to read music. In order to read music, a musician needs to know how to read different intervals between different notes on a staff and translate them to his/her instrument. The faster a person can read and interpret notes on a staff, the faster he or she can play his or her instrument. Sight reading is a skill that has to be practiced repeatedly in order to do it successfully. Sight reading requires planning in a very short amount of time in order for the musician to be successful (Drake & Palmer, 2000).