For all children, the ability to play a musical instrument is just as important as the ability to read and write.
What is the importance of learning to play a musical instrument for a child?
How important is it in comparison to the ability to read and write?
The significance of mastering a musical instrument has fueled serious discussion in recent times. It has been proposed to be not only equally important compared with literacy but also necessary for all children. From my perspective, this notion is largely untrue.
The ability to play an instrument does benefit children in multiple ways. Among those, the most relatable is perhaps the resulting sense of relaxation, as being immersed in this activity allows pupils to temporarily escape the pressure in their study. Also, a child’s overall development is facilitated. Learning to play the guitar, for instance, improves his dexterity, sense of rhythm and even elevates his tenacity to overcome challenges in life. Lastly, should a child be musically gifted, taking up an instrument may be an effective way to incubate his talent, laying the foundation for further artistic growth in later years? This is best exemplified by successful musicians, such as Mozart or Beethoven, whose early familiarity with musical instruments eventually enabled them to compose majestic works that can stand the test of time.
Despite the aforementioned significance, the necessity of playing a musical instrument has been disproportionately overstated. First off, not all children should be required to take up a musical tool as some may have neither the interest nor the natural aptitude for it. Coercing these individuals to train in this particular domain not only wastes their time but also inadvertently places them under extra pressure. What is more, playing the guitar is not comparable to literacy skills in modern times. The ability to read and write is of paramount significance for processing and exchanging huge amounts of information, not only in daily life but also in academic spheres. In school, for example, most tests and interviews are done with an emphasis on students’ ability to express their knowledge and articulate their comprehension in words. While showcasing skills with a piano or a violin could be impressive, fundamentally, it does not solidify a child’s verbal skills.
In brief, albeit of value, the ability to play a musical instrument is often more appreciated by those with an interest or talent for it and not comparable to one’s ability to read and write.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, lastly, may, so, while, for example, for instance, in brief, such as, what is more
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 2.0 7.30460921844 27% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 41.998997996 121% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.3376753507 156% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1932.0 1615.20841683 120% => OK
No of words: 362.0 315.596192385 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.33701657459 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.36191444098 4.20363070211 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03868910092 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 214.0 176.041082164 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.591160220994 0.561755894193 105% => OK
syllable_count: 621.0 506.74238477 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 7.0 2.52805611222 277% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.0125507795 49.4020404114 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.647058824 106.682146367 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.2941176471 20.7667163134 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.11764705882 7.06120827912 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.67935871743 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.372933405582 0.244688304435 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105079549691 0.084324248473 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0934273392251 0.0667982634062 140% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.243722271671 0.151304729494 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0770115055548 0.056905535591 135% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.0946893788 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.69 12.4159519038 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.56 8.58950901804 111% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 78.4519038076 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 9.78957915832 77% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.