As a non-musical Mother, I did not fully understand what music entailed or indeed what other profound benefits it could give to my child. The basic ones, I picked up on within weeks of Grace starting: learning how to play a new instrument and musical terminology, discipline, creativity, listening, self expression and relaxation. However, the ones I hadn’t expected were: problem solving, posture, empathy and appreciation of others, confidence, sociability, memory skills, maths, visualisation, composing and even history! You don’t have to be good at these to start learning music; these are just the things…