Musical Intelligence

Definition: The ability to compose songs and music, sing and play instruments and appreciate all kinds of music. Also having a strong sense of universal harmony and awareness of patterns in life.

Usually found in: composers, recording engineers, performers, musical instrument makers, conductors, rap artists, piano-tuners, some cultures without written languages, music lovers.

Famous examples: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Elvis Presley, Elton John, Ravi Shankar

Musical Intelligence traits:

• May be very spiritual
• Appreciates emotional power of music
• Sensitive to rhythm, pitch, timbre, melody
• Aware of complex structure of musical notes
• Listens to lots of music - all kinds
• A concert goer
• May have lilting, interesting "musical" way of speaking
• Can't help but move to music
• Probably sings in the bath, if not everywhere!
• Auditory language, "Sounds good to me", "Listen up, are you hearing me?"
• Strong aptitude for playing an instrument

Exercises to strengthen musical intelligence:

• learn with songs
• play an instrument
• tell yourself you can do it and write a song a week
• exercise with music
• listen to rock, rap, classical, jazz, world, folk, pop, music of all kinds
• study while listening to active and passive concerts
• listen to Mozart!
• join a choir or a band
• create a mood tape - with music that lifts you up, inspires you, makes you feel romantic etc
• listen to concerts while lying down and watch the images that form
• use rapping to learn subjects and lists
• use your computer to compose music (like Moby!)
• do image streaming while listening to baroque music
• listen to binaural sound patterns on mind machines or meditation audio programs

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