When the blogging challenge started, I was excited for what I was going to see and learn from others. As the weeks progressed I was learning that more blogs were becoming inactive which is fine. On the other hand some people may have wanted to learn what that inactive blog was going to say, this can be a slight problem for the commenters or other bloggers. When I was wanting to comment on the active blogs I was having some trouble finding them, I managed to find a few blogs and have had a great experience so far. For the bloggers that are still active and posting about the theme of your blog, thank you for keeping your blogs active. I mean no hard feelings.

Some people don’t know what the difference is between the two different maces used in marching bands, and others think that they are the same thing. There are many differences between the two and Im here to tell you what those differences are!

The mace on the left is a military mace or baton which I use in the marching band! The mace is much shorter in height standing at 40″ inches tall. The small Military Baton is much easier to handle and to spin due to its small height and weight.

The normal mace on the right is standing at 58″ inches tall and is normally used by high school Drum Majors. Since the mace is taller is harder to hande for the less experienced users. When the mace is used correctly and the routine is correctly performed, the judges can be very impressed therefore achieving a high score.

 

This week, our teacher assigned us to find a scholarly article related to what our blog is about. To complete this task I have found an article the shows how music can affect the brain in school.

The first way that music can positively affect the brain is that when you train yourself musically then that training can help develop language and reasoning skill. Another way that music can positively affect the brain is by improving memorization. An example of this is when you memorize sheet music, your also improving your memorization skills and capability of memorizing every day objects. Music can also be relaxing, with calm and methodical songs the brain is soothed and forced to take a rest reducing stress of anxiety. There are many more ways that music can positively affect the brain, you can find these ways in the link below where I found all of my resources.

Here’s the Link.