As a child, up until High school, I moved around a little more than every other year that I was in school, so I was constantly having to reaclimate myself to new school situations, and attempt to make new friends. When I was in the third grade, I transferred between schools twice in a year, and didn't have time to make new friends, so I was painfully shy. So the next year, in the fourth grade, my mom gave me a flute and signed me up for the school band.
Playing music in a group has been shown to create chemical reactions in the brain that create feelings of solidarity between musicians (Tarr, et al.) While actively performing and engaging in a band, for example, an instrumentalist is not alone (Locker). They are following along with the rhythms that many people are playing, and they are necessary and unique to a whole orchestra or band.
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