Article: Baldwin study shows class keyboard improves academic performance.

Keyboard instruments in music classrooms may well put young students on the road toward both a greater interest in music and stronger overall academic achievement, as suggested by a new study sponsored by Baldwin Piano & Organ Company.

The research concludes that first-grade pupils who received music education utilizing a keyboard instrument rated music as their favorite school subject more often than did youngsters who received identical music education but without a keyboard in the classroom. Moreover, pupils with keyboards in the classroom had a strong increase in their preference for music education, while students without keyboards actually experienced a small decline ...

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