As we all know, music is a big part of our lives. Through centuries, singing and music play has had an extremely important role in our culture. You will find music everywhere you go. From movies, television, your mobile ringtone, celebrations, and even in the airport bathrooms.  Music is one of the greatest tools for better learning, self-development, relaxation, or just simply a way to express yourself. From the first moment in our life, when we get upset and start crying, parents have a natural instinct to south our cries with singing, which is also a way to express their love or just to interact.  What if parents knew exactly how to use that music to impact child development, their behavior, and to help improve social skills for kids at all ages.  Most of the small chi...

Choosing the right college could make the difference between success and failure in life. If you are planning to apply to some music college, we advise you to go through our list of the top 15 music colleges in the US. Hopefully, you will find it helpful. Juilliard School Founded in 1905 in New York, Juilliard school is one of the most reputable music schools in the world. Regarding musical training, Juilliard follows the tradition of famous European conservatories, and that has proven to be the best possible approach since the most of Juilliard's former students are accomplished, world-known musicians. Some of the most popular Juilliard's majors are strings (violin, viola, cello, double bass), brass instruments (trumpet, horn, trombone), woodwind instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet),...

Music has been integral part of human life long before people started to record history. Some music historians might even say that music existed even before the first man walked the Earth. Of course, it all depends on how you define music, but that could be quite a philosophical debate. On the other side, there is almost undivided consent of all the musicologists that music was "invented" in Africa, before the dispersion of human population, some 55,000 years ago. The first musical instrument was probably human voice, but some musicologists would say that rhythm came before the voice, and that human used rocks and wooden sticks as rudimental percussion instruments. If we speak about other human-made instruments, there are scientific proofs that bone flutes were used some 35,000 years ago, ...