Benefits of Music
January 29, 2010 – 10:21 pmWhy did MOE put Religious studies as an optional subject in the first place? Is this what you call a better education system? His Majesty was very alert enough to realise this issue. Thank you to His Majesty our Sultan.
Other than that, I just want to express my opinion regarding music.There are some private music schools in this country. Some pupils can’t afford to enroll themselves in these music schools. Maybe it’s still a wise idea to still continue music in the education system rather than just stopping it abruptly. This means all children can learn music.
Music and Islam can be linked too. There are nasyid choir competitions praising Allah the Almighty and Prophet Muhammed held every year in school..not to mention, hadrah too. Apart from learning the piano, guitar, xylophone, flute and all basic instruments, students/pupils can also learn the instruments which are allowed in islam like the drums used in hadrah and other percussion instruments…
Music has a lot of academic benefits to a child who is learning in school. Google it, there are are millions of articles supporting this.
e.g Benefits of Music Education
http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/advocacy/benefits.html
http://www.encoremusiclessons.com/benefits-of-music-education/success-in-school
Early musical training helps develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning. It is thought that brain development continues for many years after birth. Recent studies have clearly indicated that musical training physically develops the part of the left side of the brain known to be involved with processing language, and can actually wire the brain’s circuits in specific ways. Linking familiar songs to new information can also help imprint information on young minds.
There is also a causal link between music and spatial intelligence (the ability to perceive the world accurately and to form mental pictures of things). This kind of intelligence, by which one can visualize various elements that should go together, is critical to the sort of thinking necessary for everything from solving advanced mathematics problems to being able to pack a book-bag with everything that will be needed for the day.
Students of the arts learn to think creatively and to solve problems by imagining various solutions, rejecting outdated rules and assumptions. Questions about the arts do not have only one right answer.
Students with coursework/experience in music performance and music appreciation scored higher on the SAT: students in music performance scored 57 points higher on the verbal and 41 points higher on the math, and students in music appreciation scored 63 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on the math, than did students with no arts participation. - College-Bound Seniors National Report: Profile of SAT Program Test Takers. Princeton, NJ: The College Entrance Examination Board, 2001.
Students of music learn craftsmanship as they study how details are put together painstakingly and what constitutes good, as opposed to mediocre, work. These standards, when applied to a student’s own work, demand a new level of excellence and require students to stretch their inner resources.
A study of 237 second grade children used piano keyboard training and newly designed math software to demonstrate improvement in math skills. The group scored 27% higher on proportional math and fractions tests than children that used only the math software. - Graziano, Amy, Matthew Peterson, and Gordon Shaw, “Enhanced learning of proportional math through music training and spatial-temporal training.” Neurological Research 21 (March 1999).
Physician and biologist Lewis Thomas studied the undergraduate majors of medical school applicants. He found that 66% of music majors who applied to medical school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. 44% of biochemistry majors were admitted. - As reported in “The Case for Music in the Schools,” Phi Delta Kappan, February 1994.
SPN 21’s concept is “fun, play and learn more” …In my opinion, though it’s not a must, teachers should still be implementing music in schools (as an elective or an option-when necessary) BUT remember, spn21 should never had forgotten to make religious studies AS A COMPULSORY/WAJIB SUBJECT…..that was a mistake in the first place…..”when everything’s balance, it will run smoothly”
this is just an opinion and i don’t expect people to judge my post as a correct one or a false one….
thank you for your time 
This post was submitted by GleeGlow.
7 Responses to “Benefits of Music”
Ive read this;
Conversation Between:
syaitan: What Wil Be My Quran?
Allah: Ur Quran Wil Be Music
syaitan: U Wll Hv A Person Who Will Call Towards Prayer And Success,So Who Wil Be My Prayer Caller?
Allah: Ur Prayer Caller Wil Be Musicians.
Except Daff,All Musical Instrument Are Forbidden(Haram)
By Red on Jan 30, 2010
MUSIC NO. 2 & ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS NO. 1
By Darkrosevr on Jan 30, 2010
au ane ada penyampain anugerah lagu lah atu plg d agung2kan
By SeeNoEvil on Feb 5, 2010
The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Among my ummah there will certainly be people who permit zinaa, silk, alcohol and musical instruments…” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari ta’leeqan, no. 5590; narrated as mawsool by al-Tabaraani and al-Bayhaqi. See al-Silsilah al-Saheehah by al-Albaani, 91).
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This is a saheeh hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari in his Saheeh, where he quoted it as evidence and stated that it is mu’allaq and majzoom. He said: Chapter on what was narrated concerning those who permit alcohol and call it by another name.
This hadeeth indicates in two ways that musical instruments and enjoyment of listening to music are haraam. The first is the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “[they] permit” which clearly indicates that the things mentioned, including musical instruments, are haraam according to sharee’ah, but those people will permit them. The second is the fact that musical instruments are mentioned alongside things which are definitely known to be haraam, i.e., zinaa and alcohol: if they (musical instruments) were not haraam, why would they be mentioned alongside these things? (adapted from al-Silsilah al-Saheehah by al-Albaani, 1/140-141)
By islam on Feb 9, 2010
thanks for help
By Antony on Feb 22, 2010
Why did MOE put Religious studies as an optional subject in the first place? Is this what you call a better education system?
What are you trying to say? If a person who has studied Religious studies from Year 1 to Year 9 and yet doesn’t end up being a responsible human being what will the extra 2 years do??? It is from the mothers womb that children start learning so I think it starts from the daily living. It is the family values that matter the most as children learn from adults around them esp the PARENTS.
So PARENTS out there please teach children to respect ALL human beings equally and this world will be come a good place to live. PARENTS remember whatever you do your children will follow your foot steps so be good role models.
By Janet on Feb 26, 2010
It seemed GleeGlow did little or no research at all regarding music in Islam. In Islam there are certain musical instruments that are not allowed.Among them are any musical instruments with strings, any musical instruments that require us to blow into it like the flute etc..
Music is only allowed to praised Allah and His Prophets.
Anyway, there are quite a number of people who did not study music and yet still excel in life coz music is not the only factor that can affect intelligence.
May be the reason MOE placed ugama as an optional subject because most of the students had attended the afternoon religious school. Of course that decision was not wise.
Belajar ugama ani is for life. Even us adult pun should not stop belajar ugama.
Unfortunately, I heard Jabatan Pengajian Islam, Kementerian Ugama, has increased jumlah period ugama at the expense of English and Mathematics. I know this from my children who was inform by their teachers. My children told some of their classmates are still struggling with the two subjects.
Their teachers also told them that all students, regardless of religion, are must take ugama. Gayanya org JPI ani nda menggunakan human psikologi pabila membuat ketetapan atu. JPI ani pun gayanya nda belajar dari kesalahan yang dibuat oleh negara lain when it comes to religion.
It really show how incapable JPI are. Teingat tah ku kan jokes dulu pasal stokin pink. Kelurusan masa atu c kawan ani makai stokin pink. Kawan yg lain pun becakap,… jaga kau kena hantar ko karang ke temburong ni, ia lagi tetamu kehormat ari ani…So i asked. Nya durang pengarah JPI dulu atu melarang ustazah-ustazah memakai stokin pink, ditakuti mengganggu penuntut. Perasaan ku there are other things yang lebih serous daripada guru makai stokin pink kali. Such kebajikan guru-guru ugama yang diabaikan. Guru-guru agama ani terpaksa mengeluarkan usin untuk membisaikan sekolah ugama setiap tahun.
Walaupun dikomplen nda kena layan, kena marahi ada pulang.
Anyway, apa yang patut direview ialah content subjek ugama. Apa yang dimaukan ialah penuntut-penuntut tani tau hukum-hakam ugama, tau sembahyang (sebab ada yg masih nda pandai sembahyang atau mandi wajib walaupun umur 14 tahun), dan pandai membaca Al-Quran. Bukannya durang ani kan dijadikan ustaz,ustazah atau imam. Atu tempatnya di sekolah arab atau tahfiz tu.
By juragan on Mar 6, 2010