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Your Profile
The intelligence profile shown below is based on how you answered the survey questions. The profile
reveals current strength and challenge areas. Strengths usually come from a combination of natural ability
and a lot of practice and support in that area. Lower ranked intelligences may exist because the right
opportunities to develop them have not been made available. Knowing your intelligence profile will help
you to take advantage of your strengths and develop your challenge areas.
Reminders:
Everybody has all the intelligences.
Your strengths can be used in many ways to help you be successful.
Intelligences can always be developed further - both strengths and challenges.
Profiles can change as intelligences are developed.
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Intelligence
Low Mid-Range High
Linguistic
Intrapersonal
Existential
Kinesthetic
Interpersonal
Spatial
Logical
Naturalist
Musical
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Chiropractors
Physical Therapists
Athletic Trainers
Coroners
Nurse Midwives
Nurse Anesthetists
Orthodontists
Fire Investigators
Anesthesiologist Assistants
Security Managers
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Dermatologists
Podiatrists
Prosthodontists
Pharmacists
Anesthesiologists
Surgeons
Urologists
Dentists, General
Ophthalmologists
Midwives
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Optometrists
Police Detectives
Radiation Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Nurse Practitioners
Archeologists
Physician Assistants
Exercise Physiologists
Radiologists
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Respiratory Therapists
Registered Nurses
Curators
Anthropologists
Veterinarians
Orthoptists
Radiologic Technologists
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Pathologists
Librarians
Internists, General
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Management Analysts
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Linguistic Intelligence
Description
Linguistic intelligence helps you to understand and use language properly in reading, writing, speaking,
including sign language and Braille. It also affects vocabulary and the ability to understand and use
humor, create pictures using words, notice language patterns, and recognize relationships between words.
Linguistic intelligence is one of the main intelligences linked with succeeding in school.
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Academic Ability
This means that you are likely talented in the areas of languages, grammar and vocabulary. Linguistic
intelligence also plays an important role in other activities such as communication, creativity, and
semantic memory. Therefore, you probably enjoy activities like reading, writing and wordplay.
Communication Preferences
Although you may have a preferred method of communication, whether verbal, written, or even sign
language, you are likely comfortable with more than one form. Your linguistic ability also helps you to
both understand language and create it yourself.
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Read More
Reading can improve your linguistic skills in understanding and interpretation. However, the quality of
what you read is key. When choosing your reading material, libraries are a great place to start. Talk to the
librarian or your English teacher for help finding high quality material. If you want to understand and
share facts with others, try reading journalistic writing in newspapers and magazines. If you want to learn
how to write more poetically and use creative language to stir emotions, check out novels, plays and
poetry.
Explore Humor
Humor uses all the subtleties of linguistics to achieve its goal. For example, irony, sarcasm, and satire
mean the opposite of what is being said. Learn to enjoy different types of humor and practice being funny
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yourself. Note that humor is sometimes a tricky form of communication that also utilizes interpersonal,
kinesthetic and other intelligences.
Musical
Use your ability to express yourself through words as a starting place to develop your ability to express
yourself with music.
Read the lyrics of your favorite song without the music, while looking for meaning in the words.
Then, listen to the complete song and for any additional meaning that the music brings.
Learn how to say some simple lyrics in rhythm, even if you are off-key, mimicking the artist. First
try it with the existing lyrics, and then write your own lyrics to the same music.
Read books about music and musicians, as well as music magazines and online articles by music
journalists and critics. As your knowledge of music grows, you can try writing your own articles.
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Intrapersonal Intelligence
Description
Intrapersonal intelligence includes the ability to understand oneself - emotions, fears, motivations,
strengths, and weaknesses. This intelligence allows you to reflect upon your own thinking and behavior,
learn from that reflection, find ways for self-improvement, and build self-confidence.
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Self-Awareness
Your strong self-awareness may make you more conscious of your impact on those around you, and of the
social role you play at school and in your personal life. When directed in a positive way, you may find
that you often take on a helpful and caring role among the people you know and in the community. You
likely also have a strong awareness of your own biases. Maintaining objectivity allows you to see other
viewpoints and make positive connections with more people.
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Goals
While others may get side-tracked, you tend to keep a strong focus on your goals until they are achieved.
By knowing how you work best and what obstacles you should avoid, you tend to perform tasks more
efficiently. You will also feel more comfortable when you take time to plan out how you can avoid
mistakes of the past and repeat your successes in the future.
Set Goals
Some advice to get you started with goal-setting is to remember the 4 R's. Record your goals. Make your
goals realistic. Be specific with your goals so that you can recognize when they have been accomplished.
Try to have a range of goals, from short-term to long-term, and from easy to more challenging. As you
achieve your goals and develop your abilities, you will start to notice your self-confidence strengthen.
You can then take on more and more challenging goals.
Be Self-Aware
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Beyond understanding your past situations, intrapersonal intelligence also relates to being aware of your
impact in the present. At any moment in time, you have an impact on your own future, the people around
you, and sometimes even on the people and places where you are not present. Practice being self-aware.
Try to predict how your actions or inactions will affect others and your own future.
Musical
Because you know yourself well and have a strong awareness of your feelings, you may enjoy listening to
and eventually creating music that fits your mood.
Try using music as a tool to change your mood as it suits you.
Consider why certain music might affect your mood: What instruments are being used? What effect
does rhythm have? Etc.
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Existential Intelligence
Description
Existential intelligence is the ability to see the big picture in everything - the relationships and
connections, vastness and limitations, and how everything fits together. This intelligence is used in
considering questions about our existence, such as purpose, life, death, and our place in the universe.
NOTE: Existential Intelligence should not be confused with existentialism. Existentialism is an area of
philosophy dealing with certain views on human existence. Philosophers who examine and promote
existentialist theories would certainly use their existential intelligence. However, the intelligence can be
applied to other areas as well.
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Questioning
People with strong existential intelligence tend to question ideas, actions and policies. However, this is
not because they disagree. It is more out of curiosity and a quest to find deeper meaning. People may say
that you ask tough, sometimes even unanswerable, questions. And, you are probably more comfortable
than most with not having a clear answer. Instead you like to consider different possibilities and explore
issues without the need to reach a final conclusion.
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Question Yourself
When learning new information or talking with others, be prepared to question your own beliefs and be
open to new possibilities. You don't have to believe everything you hear, but if you put it all together and
add it to what you know, you will have a better idea of the big picture.
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Musical
In listening to or creating music, one often has to consider the overall piece to appreciate the individual
notes, rhythms, and other aspects that make up the entire musical piece. From hymns to chants to
drumming, people explore existential questions and responses through music.
As you listen to music, try to determine what the overall theme is to a song, or even a whole album.
Try to think of why certain sounds and rhythms were used, and how a story may be told by the
individual aspects of the music.
Explore music through history and across different cultures. Try to find out why music exists. What
purpose does it serve? As you attempt to answer these questions, allow yourself to be led to deeper
questions that are not related to music.
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Kinesthetic Intelligence
Description
This intelligence provides you with the mind and body coordination needed to move your body and other
objects. It influences small movements, such as using your fingers to play a musical instrument, and large
movements, such as running and catching a ball. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence also affects certain
mental abilities such as visualizing and remembering complex movements.
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Analyzing Movements
You probably have some ability to analyze your own movements and also do well when coached in your
athletic or physical goals, especially if your spatial ability is strong. Continue to practice your bodily-
kinesthetic intelligence through physical activities, using intrapersonal reflection to analyze your
movements. When combined with interpersonal and linguistic intelligences, your bodily-kinesthetic
intelligence can help you to coach and instruct others as well.
Body Language
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When you pay attention, you may find that you are able to understand body language and other non-
verbal forms of communication. You can also be expressive in your own body language when you
practice your bodily-kinesthetic intelligence.
However, more important than the kind of activity, is how you focus your senses to the goals of each
movement. For example, going for a simple run can help your development if you are focused on the
movements of your arms and legs, and how changing those movements can affect your speed and
efficiency. Through repeated practice your muscles will become trained to automatically carry out the
correct movements, allowing you to focus more on the overall goals of the activity, like winning a race.
Linguistic
A word-based blueprint can provide a huge help when developing bodily-kinesthetic intelligence.
Read a book about an inspirational athlete, especially books that provide a first person view of what
some athletes call "flow" or being "in the zone".
Linguistic intelligence can affect ability to perform sign language. Sign language also requires a
certain level of coordination, and learning it will improve arm and hand dexterity.
Intrapersonal
If you have high intrapersonal intelligence, try physical activities that focus on self-awareness.
Activities such as yoga or tai chi put a lot of focus on self-awareness and being conscious of your
positions and movements.
Existential
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This intelligence can help improve your ability to achieve excellence in coordinated movement.
Take part in activities like yoga, tai chi, martial arts and other activities that have a spiritual nature.
These types of activities allow you to be contemplative and consider the wider world beyond you
while you develop your mind-body connectedness.
Some athletes describe being in a "flow state" during peak motivation, performance and mental
focus. This state, when the athlete feels they have heightened senses and can instinctively act within
the big picture of their sport, is connected to existential intelligence. Investigate flow state and how
best to achieve it.
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Interpersonal Intelligence
Description
This intelligence includes understanding and working with people, building relationships, seeing the
world from others' point of view, communicating well verbally and non-verbally, cooperating in a group,
having influence, and responding to the mood, personality and goals of others.
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Relationships
This means that you are usually good at building social and professional relationships, and that you can
usually read and appropriately respond to the feelings, motivations, and behaviors of others. Strong
communication skills, in how you receive information and how you deliver it, are important for
relationships with teachers, friends, and family.
Helping Others
You feel sympathy and empathy for others, as well as a desire to help people. However, you may be
unsure of how to help, or feel that you could be doing more. The ability to help someone, whether just by
listening or by doing something for them, is greatly aided by your interpersonal intelligence.
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Your Network
You enjoy getting to know and understand others, but usually it's with people who share your interests
and experiences - people with similar backgrounds and in similar situations. Your connections with those
who lead very different lives tend to be more casual. It takes more patience and effort to maintain these
kinds of relationships.
Humor
Humor involves subtleties, excellent timing, being able to respond quickly, and knowing your audience.
Some of these skills may be difficult for you at certain times, while at other times they may come more
naturally. Everyone can benefit from developing their sense of humor, as it can help with lowering stress
and in forming and strengthening relationships.
Observe Others
Whether you are in a group or one-on-one situation, the key is to pay careful attention to facial
expression, body positioning, and to just listen and observe. Learn what motivates others and adapt your
role to one that works best for the situation - whether as an encourager, harmonizer, follower, opinion-
giver, compromiser, etc.
Help Others
Getting involved in charity work and service-oriented activities are excellent ways to express and develop
your interpersonal intelligence. These types of projects improve your ability to feel empathy, understand
others' points of view, and build your communication skills.
Learn Humor
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Being funny requires being able to read one's audience well and deliver lines with precise pace, timing
and clarity. Comedians typically use a strong combination of verbal and non-verbal communication.
Humor can also help with persuasion and tact in a group setting.
Linguistic
As a linguistic individual, you probably already like to express yourself in various forms, whether it be
written, verbal or otherwise.
Get involved in speech and debate, or try joining groups like Toastmasters who work on verbal
and general communication skills in a highly social environment.
Improvisational "improv" comedy groups allow you to use your strong linguistic skills in an
interactive environment.
When doing novel studies at school, or just in talking to people, pay close attention to how others
interpret the same written materials you have read.
Intrapersonal
Intrapersonal skills are not opposite to interpersonal skills. In fact, they work perfectly together.
Combined with strong interpersonal skills you should be able to clearly communicate well thought-out
ideas and influence others in a positive way.
Focus on listening and paying attention to others. Reflect on what you see and hear, similar to how
you think about your own thoughts and actions.
NOTE: Avoid making recommendations for improvement as you would for yourself, even if asked.
It is probably better for everybody to discover their own path to self-improvement, seek
professional guidance, or both.
Existential
Talking about deeper topics with others can deepen relationships and lead to a better understanding of
people.
Interact with people who are spiritual and/or philosophical like you. Think about the person
speaking and why their views may be the way that they are.
Take a look at some online forums that discuss existential topics. Instead of providing your views,
try to understand all the different beliefs you see. When you contribute to the forum, focus on who
the audience is and attempt to be sensitive to that audience. Note: always use caution and avoid
using personal information online.
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Spatial Intelligence
Description
Spatial intelligence includes the ability to identify objects accurately, change and recreate images, and
recognize how shapes and objects relate to each other. While this intelligence is typically applied through
visual means, spatial intelligence does not only rely on vision. It can also be used through touch and
sometimes even hearing.
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Processing Information
This means that you sometimes like to draw, doodle or sketch while you are thinking or listening. You
occasionally visualize things when you are learning or talking about them. When reading or writing, you
like to have a balance between visuals (pictures, graphs, and charts) and words.
Memory
You have a good spatial memory, remembering most details of what things look like and where things are.
You can usually remember how to find a place after being there, but may need a few tries to get it right.
If you tend to be creative or artistic, you may enjoy viewing and creating art. The form of art can be just
about anything: buildings, sculptures, paintings, film, landscapes, photographs, digital logos, and more.
When you view art, you can recognize some detail and meaning behind it.
Think Composition
Photography, art and design courses are an excellent way to start thinking about composition, or how all
the different elements of an image, work of art, or other objects are arranged and work together.
Becoming more aware of compositional details can help you understand visual information better and
help you create more successful visual communication.
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The following intelligences have been identified as strengths for you and can help you develop your
spatial intelligence.
Linguistic
Start developing your spatial intelligence by trying to visualize the same level of detail and accuracy in
your mental pictures that you would otherwise write or describe.
Read books and other materials that use descriptive imagery, such as materials on nature, art,
architecture, mechanics, engineering, graphic design, building trades, electronics, landscaping, and
other works of fiction. Try to create mental pictures of what you are reading. Over time, increase
the amount of detail you have in your mental pictures - add color, depth, and background.
Try games like scavenger hunts and geocaching, use word-based clues to help people get to the
goal.
Intrapersonal
You can make connections between the spatial qualities of things and your thoughts and emotions. For
example, a home can convey coziness; a piece of fashion can express confidence and pride, and so on.
Express your emotions and inner thoughts in new and creative ways by exploring different forms of
visual art, such as painting, photography, sculpting, etc.
Spend some reflective time in a museum, gallery, or even looking at your school's art display. Use
the different spatial forms to inspire self-reflection.
The spatial ability to navigate and move around a map requires good observational skills - to see
and remember what is around you. Because your intrapersonal intelligence is more of an inward
focus, when you are trying to get around, shift your focus to what is around you.
Existential
Your spatial intelligence deals more with things you can see and touch, while existential deals more with
thoughts and ideas.
Some visual artists use existential questions to inspire their work. You may enjoy learning about the
themes and stories behind the works of art by Michelangelo, Salvador Dali, and Germaine
Richier. Find out what inspired these artists to create the works that they did. Then, learn more
about the techniques and spatial details and how they fit into those themes and stories.
Try to get information in visual form, such as a picture, graph or chart. You can do this whether you
are learning information, taking notes or completing assignments. Use your existential intelligence
to understand the overall idea and base the visual on that. The process of creating the information in
visual form will help you develop your spatial intelligence.
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Logical Intelligence
Description
This intelligence includes the ability to reason inductively (make conclusions based on observations) and
deductively (make conclusions based on hypotheses). This intelligence also involves finding
relationships between abstract ideas (e.g. numbers), recognizing logical sequences and patterns,
recognizing problems and solving them. This intelligence is closely linked with being successful in
school.
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Problem Solving
Having a moderate logical-mathematical ability, you may occasionally seek to answer the "how" and
"why" around a topic. This type of investigation is a good habit to get into because it results in better
problem solving abilities and can improve your memory. As you examine more topics and concepts, you
will more easily recognize the patterns between all the different bits of information, and be better able to
understand and use that information for problem solving.
Finding Balance
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As you improve your ability to analyze and compare, be careful that you don't neglect others' feelings.
Remember to develop and/or maintain your interpersonal and intrapersonal abilities to keep things in
balance and even improve your logical-mathematical abilities in certain areas.
Online Puzzles
There are plenty of websites dedicated to logic puzzles, riddles, and unique math problems. This is a great
way to practice your logical-mathematical intelligence because there is so much variety, you get
immediate feedback, and many sites are freely available.
Real-World Examples
Take a little time each week to read or watch a science-based article or story. Get to know some of the
theories or facts in the story. Over the next few weeks, try to find real-world situations to the concepts you
read about. For example, if you have a cell phone, you can learn about microwave radiation and how it is
used to send the signal to and from your phone.
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Linguistic
The combination of logical-mathematical and linguistic intelligence is very useful in school and in many
workplaces. Working together, these skills allow you to quickly understand information from multiple
sources, easily process all that info, and then clearly communicate the results, such as on a test or
assignment.
Develop your skills with word-based logic puzzles, games, riddles, freely available online.
Get involved in a speech and debate class and take part in discussions that focus on logical-
mathematical issues or theories.
Take a study skills or a test prep course. Your linguistic strength will help you with understanding
the content of the course as you develop your logical-mathematical ability.
Intrapersonal
Logical and intrapersonal intelligences combined can result in an awesome ability to analyze and solve
many types of difficult problems.
Logical intelligence involves a lot of pattern recognition, reasoning, and problem solving - similar
to what you have already been doing in a more natural way, as a part of knowing and improving
yourself.
Set challenging goals, stay on track with those goals, and manage your emotions when you come
across difficult logical-mathematical problems.
Improve your skills with logic puzzles and games, freely available online.
Existential
Existential intelligence helps you appreciate and have interest in many deep and important topics.
Logical-mathematical intelligence provides good reasoning skills to work through and recognize patterns
within those topics.
Ask existential questions that relate to the math and science topics you cover in school. For
example, to better understand algebra, find answers to questions like, "What is algebra?", "What is
algebra useful for?" and "Why am I supposed to do it this way?"
Your logical-mathematical ability may be challenged when learning new information, especially
when it appears to be a series of isolated facts. Appeal to your existential intelligence by taking
time to understand the context of the information and why you are learning it in the first place. As
you learn new facts, write down questions that arise. Then, seek to answer these questions to help
you form a mental scaffolding of sorts in which you can better remember the information learned.
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Naturalist Intelligence
Description
Naturalist intelligence involves being able to recognize, appreciate and group different things in the
environment: plants, animals, people, structures, weather patterns, landscapes, etc. It also allows you to
see the connections between different parts of the environment, to easily recognize when environmental
changes happen, and to understand what impacts those changes might have. People with a strong
naturalist intelligence are typically seen as "in tune" with nature.
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Connection to Nature
You are usually comfortable when out in nature, but may avoid more remote and wild environments.
While you usually enjoy spending some time away from cities and buildings, you sometimes miss the
conveniences of civilization. You might find insects a nuisance or fear certain predatory animals. You
may also have difficulty recognizing certain sounds found in the wilderness, which can leave you feeling
nervous.
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Sometimes you may feel like the weather changes suddenly. At other times, you are able to notice early
shifts in temperature, humidity, wind, cloud formations, etc., so that weather changes seem more gradual.
You may also be aware of how animals and plants alter their behavior just before changes in weather and
climate.
Practice Categorization
The grouping of natural objects is something our brains are designed to do. Grouping non-living objects
by their features also uses and develops your naturalist intelligence. So, if you prefer, try categorizing
man-made objects, and remember that it is helpful to use multiple senses in doing so. For example, learn
to identify cars by the sound of the engine, colognes and perfumes by their smell, fabrics by their texture,
or anything else that interests you.
The following intelligences have been identified as strengths for you and can help you develop your
naturalist intelligence.
Linguistic
Develop your naturalist intelligence while leveraging your strong linguistic intelligence using the
following activities.
Choose a type of environment or cause that interests you, e.g. mountains, oceans, cityscape, clean
energy, wildlife preservation, etc., and find some reading material on it or attend speaker
presentations that will appeal to your linguistic abilities.
If you enjoy writing, try using a natural environment for inspiration. As you write, look for patterns
within in the environment and how different elements can be categorized.
Join a naturalist and environmental interest group. Many organizations need people to help with
newsletters, outreach, and other forms of communication.
Intrapersonal
Think of the view from a mountain, the sound of a stream, and the smell of the forest. For most people
these sensory experiences are both relaxing and stimulating in a way that helps with self-reflection. Start
with a focus inward, since that is your strength. Then over time, shift your focus to the details of the
natural environment.
Try doing some reflecting, journaling, or just take time for yourself in a natural environment.
Ask yourself, "What characteristics of nature positively affect me?" Look for patterns between the
different elements.
As you become more familiar in your personal experience with nature, try to learn more through
your classes, online articles, and organizations that interest you.
Existential
Nature is complex, involving many individual details that are part of a much bigger picture. Also, many
cultures find a strong spiritual connection to nature.
Try to see nature from the big picture point of view. Does nature have goals, direction and purpose?
What are our roles and responsibilities to nature? As you try to answer these questions, learn more
about the elements of nature and spend time in a natural environment to make observations that you
can connect back to the big picture.
Get involved with a naturalist group in your school or outside of it. Find a role that uses your
existential intelligence by gathering information from different sources to figure out what the
overall strategies and policies for the organization should be. Spending time with the organization
will increase your appreciation for naturalist causes and develop your naturalist intelligence.
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Musical Intelligence
Description
This intelligence includes the ability to play an instrument or sing, as well as a number of other skills such
as: recognizing various tones, patterns, rhythms, beats, and sounds; enjoying and analyzing music;
understanding musical structures; and creating melodies and rhythms.
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This means that you tend to avoid activities and skills that focus on musical intelligence, the most obvious
of which are singing and playing instruments. However, there is much more to musical intelligence than
just making music.
Listening to Music
Almost everyone enjoys listening to music, but those with less developed musical intelligence usually
only listen to and appreciate a few styles. You probably cannot tell apart all the different instruments and
melodies within a song. It also may take you some time to pick up the rhythm and timing of a piece of
music.
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You also probably have a harder time remembering the melodies and lyrics to songs. The same goes for
memories associated with music. For example, while others can recall a lot of details about the time and
place they heard a song, you probably can't remember as much.
Listening to Music
You should also listen to music when you are not working on another task, and you can focus entirely on
the music. At these times, practice your listening skills by analyzing the music you hear. Pay attention to
different tempos, levels of pitch, instrument types, repeating patterns, and any gradual or sudden changes.
Making Music
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You can choose to take singing or instrument lessons, or try a self-taught method. There are plenty of
tools to help you learn on your own, such as books, videos and online resources.
Linguistic
Use your ability to express yourself through words as a starting place to develop your ability to express
yourself with music.
Read the lyrics of your favorite song without the music, while looking for meaning in the words.
Then, listen to the complete song and for any additional meaning that the music brings.
Learn how to say some simple lyrics in rhythm, even if you are off-key, mimicking the artist. First
try it with the existing lyrics, and then write your own lyrics to the same music.
Read books about music and musicians, as well as music magazines and online articles by music
journalists and critics. As your knowledge of music grows, you can try writing your own articles.
Intrapersonal
Because you know yourself well and have a strong awareness of your feelings, you may enjoy listening to
and eventually creating music that fits your mood.
Try using music as a tool to change your mood as it suits you.
Consider why certain music might affect your mood: What instruments are being used? What effect
does rhythm have? Etc.
Existential
In listening to or creating music, one often has to consider the overall piece to appreciate the individual
notes, rhythms, and other aspects that make up the entire musical piece. From hymns to chants to
drumming, people explore existential questions and responses through music.
As you listen to music, try to determine what the overall theme is to a song, or even a whole album.
Try to think of why certain sounds and rhythms were used, and how a story may be told by the
individual aspects of the music.
Explore music through history and across different cultures. Try to find out why music exists. What
purpose does it serve? As you attempt to answer these questions, allow yourself to be led to deeper
questions that are not related to music.
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