Benefits of Learning the Flute or Recorder

There are numerous benefits in learning to play the flute and that goes for any age group above five years.

For children, a musical education is hugely beneficial in their over all development.

However for people of any age, when they learn an instrument such as a flute, they are developing skills in;

1. Motor co-ordination.
2. Concentration.
3. Creative Development.
4. Listening.
5. Team Work.

Flute playing also enhances personal skills and development in the following ways;

The Art of Listening

A person gifted in the Art of Listening, is someone that we do not encounter very often and yet for any musician of any instrument it is one of the most crucial things to learn.

In fact, listening is an important skill to be acquired in life in general.  However, when it comes to music and the learning of an instrument. 'listening' is essential. When it comes to musical skills and learning we a need to develop our ability to listen it is simply part of our training, a vital part.

Why Choose the Flute?

There are several reasons why learning to play a flute may be a good choice, but at the end of the day it will rest on your personal preference and what ever factors are going to make it more doable for you personally.

Flute Story

Flutes have been around, in one form or another, for a very long time.  So long, in fact, that they are thought to be the very first of the wind instrument family. The oldest, which was found in the Swabian Alb region of Germany is said to be a staggering 43,000 years old!

Originally, it is thought, that flutes were played during hunting sessions to lure prey and also during religious ceremonies.

The earliest known flutes were made of bone and later they came to be made of wood and bamboo.

Fujara Flutes

They have gone through so many different incarnations over the centuries that one could certainly house a sizeable exhibition to show off the many different sizes and types that have passed off as flutes throughout the ages.