Smarty Pants: Playing Music Early Makes You Smarter

Good news band kids and music prodigies!

If you started music early in life, a collection of new studies reveal buckets of benefits in your having a youthful music education.

Improved reading, math, IQ, language acquisition, memory and dexterity are just a few of the many advantages musicians can count on.

To think it all started with just practicing your scales. Every. Day.