Learn to play guitar
Benefits of learning to play guitar
Enhances your coordination: Playing an instrument requires a certain level of hand-eye coordination, which is of course developed with practice. Reading guitar tablature and/or music involves your brain converting that information into specific motor patterns.
Increases your confidence and self-esteem: It's easy to set small goals in music, for
example
finishing a piece or just playing through to the end of a line of
music, which when accomplished will give you a great sense of achievement.
Once you reach the stage of performing music in front of an audience, which takes a certain level of
confidence
to do so
anyway, you reap rewards that can affect many other areas of your life.
Sharpens your concentration: Playing the guitar requires you to focus on a lot of aspects simultaneously, ie. pitch, timing, rhythm, fingering, etc. The more you practice your mental muscle of concentration, the easier it becomes.
Music therapy and self expression: Playing the guitar can help you to relax and release the stresses of the day. As you progress with learning to play the guitar, you will develop your ability to accurately express and release your emotions through playing, which can be very therapeutic.