Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences was first published in 1983 in his book Frames of Mind.

Gardner believes that people can respond to environmental stimuli differently, and every average person has at least basic abilities in each type of intelligence. Still, everyone is better at some intelligence than others.

It has more prominence; For example, a person can be a valuable writer because he is solid in terms of verbal intelligence, but due to weakness in spatial intelligence, the same person may not be able to find his way easily while driving on highways. Each person’s success in life depends on the level of development of intelligence or intelligence that is needed for successful performance in his culture.

The exciting thing about this intelligence is that you can increase the amount of each intelligence with practice. In this article, we discuss Gardner’s musical brilliance.

If you haven’t taken Gardner’s multiple intelligence test yet, take it first from the link.

Musical intelligence

This type of intelligence in you shows the ability to use elements related to music, such as rhythm, quality, and resonance, and produce and understand music. Having this intelligence, you have a particular sensitivity to rhythm, music, sound, and accurate recognition of the sounds of the environment. You are usually excited by sound and music, and your feelings and emotions are stimulated. Poetry and any rhythmic and melodious words will delight you and make your dream.

If you have musical intelligence, you will advance in the path of recognizing and identifying rhythms and reproducing them. You will strengthen your skill in the field of associating sounds. In the next step, you will produce new rhythms and beats and enjoy different types of music.

In the higher stages, you teach music to others, and after gaining various experiences in the field of music, you start discovering the meanings of musical symbols.

Solutions to strengthen musical intelligence

You can use these solutions to strengthen your musical intelligence :

•  Provide tools for song creation.

•  Listen to songs from different cultures and try to find the rhythms in them. Familiarity with the music of other nations is one of the primary ways to strengthen musical intelligence.

• Enroll in a music class and learn the instrument you’ve always loved.

•  Use melodious memory: Try to memorize words or poems in musical form.

•  Use music as a mood stabilizer: try to have suitable songs for each mood situation, such as happiness, anxiety, and sadness. Sometimes by changing a piece of music, you can completely change your mental state.

•  Listen to the sounds of nature.

• Go to a music concert.

•  Check out online music databases and see what people say about different music types.

•  Go to places where music is played (restaurants, cafes, etc.) and surrender to the rhythm and melody.

•  Sing your poems to famous songs.

•  Listen to movie soundtracks and see how they enhance your emotions while watching the movie. 

•  Listen to nature. The most beautiful (yet terrifying) sound is found in nature. Listen consciously to the sounds around you.

Read Gardner‘s strategy for strengthening the eight bits of intelligence here:

• Verbal, linguistic intelligence
• Mathematical-logical intelligence
• Visual-spatial intelligence
• Musical intelligence
• Motor-physical intelligence
• Extroverted intelligence
• Intrapersonal intelligence
• Natural intelligence