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- Music TalkWhen you read sheet music, play an instrument, and sing at the same time, your brain becomes a busy control center. It’s like running a whole orchestra 🎻 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅! In fact, more than 25 different processes are happening in your brain all at once. 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏: 👀 𝟏. 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 (𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒔) What your brain is doing: • 👁 Looking at notes on a page • 🎼 Figuring out what pitch (note) to play • 🕒 Figuring out how long to play each note (rhythm) • 🔊 Understanding signs for loud, soft, fast, slow, etc. • 🎧 “Hearing” the music in your head before playing (called audiation) ✅ 𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠: 𝟓 🎸 𝟐. 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝒀𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑨𝑵 𝑰𝑵𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻 (𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕) What your brain is doing: • ✋ Moving your fingers, hands, or arms accurately • 🥁 Making sure the movements are in time with the beat • 🎚 Controlling pressure and speed to get the right sound • 🎯 Adjusting when something doesn’t feel or sound right • 🧠 Remembering where notes are on your instrument ✅ 𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠: 𝟔 🎤 𝟑. 𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑮 (𝑼𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑽𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 + 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚) What your brain is doing: • 🎶 Controlling pitch so your voice is in tune • 💨 Controlling breathing and posture • 📖 Remembering the lyrics • 🎵 Matching your voice to what you’re playing • 👂 Listening to yourself and correcting mistakes • 💓 Adding emotion or expression to your voice ✅ 𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠: 𝟔 🧠 𝟒. 𝑴𝑼𝑳𝑻𝑰𝑻𝑨𝑺𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 (𝑷𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰𝒕 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓) What your brain is doing: • ⏱ Keeping everything in time (beat, rhythm, voice, fingers) • 👀 Paying attention to what’s coming next in the song • 🔁 Switching focus between reading, playing, and singing • 🧘 Handling nerves, emotions, or audience reactions • 🧬 Making sure both sides of your brain “talk” to each other ✅ 𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠: 𝟖 🎯 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑶𝑻𝑨𝑳: 𝟐𝟓+ 𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑵 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑬𝑺 𝑨𝑻 𝑶𝑵𝑪𝑬 That’s right—when you sing, play, and read music at the same time, your brain is handling more than 25 different jobs all at once! 🌟 𝑾𝑯𝒀 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑰𝑺 𝑨𝑴𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑮 Doing this kind of multitasking regularly helps you: • 🧠 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚 • 🎯 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 • 🤹 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 • 💖 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 • ⚡ 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎-𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔—𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈! 🎼
- Job Board StudentsOns het oop poste vir tutors en wil graag ’n passievolle en verantwoordelike persoon aanstel om leerders te ondersteun met hul skoolwerk, take en eksamenvoorbereiding. Vereistes: Afrikaanssprekend Beskikbaar Maandae tot Donderdae Geldige bestuurderslisensie Vorige tutorervaring sal voordelig wees Stuur jou CV na: WhatsApp: 064 805 4523 E-pos: info.straightastutoring@gmail.com Moedig, georganiseerd en lief vir onderrig? Dan is jy dalk die perfekte pasmaat vir ons span!