{"id":33253,"date":"2024-01-30T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=33253"},"modified":"2024-01-30T16:43:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:43:05","slug":"music-keeps-your-brain-going-says-79-year-old-organist-from-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/music-keeps-your-brain-going-says-79-year-old-organist-from-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Music &#8216;keeps your brain going&#8217;, says 79-year-old organist from Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A  man from Cardiff has said playing music throughout his life has helped to improve his brain health.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martyn Ridge began playing the piano when he was just seven years old and said music helps to keep his brain active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: &#8220;If you make the brain work and read music, it&#8217;s bound to have a good effect.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent study <a 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Forget-Me-Nots Chorus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate Woolveridge, the CEO of the charity, claimed engagement with music can be beneficial even when patients are living with the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: &#8220;It&#8217;s about setting up the right environment, and then whatever brain function is available will be at its optimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There is scientific evidence [to suggest] that the parts of the brain that sing often are undamaged by Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that Wales is leading when is comes providing sessions that support individuals with dementia through music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For older people in Cardiff like Martyn &#8211; who says music has been the love of his life &#8211; it&#8217;s important that more young people will take up playing a musical instrument in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man from Cardiff has said playing music throughout his life has helped to improve his 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