Musical Intelligence

Musical Intelligence is the capacity to perceive, discriminate, transform, and express musical forms. This intelligence includes sensitivity to the rhythm, pitch, melody, or tone color in a musical piece.

Characteristics

• Remembers melodies
• Enjoys listening
• Keeps beats
• Makes up songs
• Mimics beat and rhythm
• Notices background and environmental sounds
• Differentiates patterns in sounds
• Is sensitive to melody, tone, and mood
• Moves body when music is playing
• Is aware of the impact and effects of various kinds of music and rhythm

Teaching Ideas

• Rhythmic patterns
• Vocal sounds/tones
• Music composition Creation
• Percussion vibrations
• Humming
• Environmental sounds
• Instructional sounds
• Singing
• Tonal patterns
• Music performance

Assessment Ideas

• Creating concept songs and raps
• Illustrating with sound
• Discerning rhythmic patters
• Composing music
• Linking music and rhythm with concepts
• Orchestrating music
• Creating percussion patterns
• Recognizing tonal patterns and quality
• Analyzing musical structure
• Reproducing musical and rhythmic patterns