If the left hemisphere of the brain performs tasks like logic and mathematics and the right one is connected to creativity and arts, you might conclude that playing music activates the second hemisphere. Wrong. Playing music is like fireworks for the brain, as it encompasses connections on both sides of the brain: ‘‘Playing a musical instrument practically engages every part of the brain at once, especially the visual, auditory and motor cortexes.” What is more interesting, according to research, is that music literally fills the gap between the two hemispheres, called corpus callosum, responsible for the transmission of messages from one hemisphere to another; as playing music increases the activity in this area of the brain, information is easily transmitted from one side to another.