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Music Smart in History

All over the world, and for most of human history, music has been a critical way in which knowledge has been passed from one generation to the next.
Before there were books to store information, people had to store things in their minds. One of the reasons they were able to remember so much was because they put the information in a musical format: They chanted it rhythmically, sang it as a part of regular tribal rituals, or wrote epic songs that contained this vital information.

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Music Smart in Human

Musical Intelligence is probably the first intelligence to appear.
Babies respond and move to music long before they start talking.

It can help you learn more in school and remember important things.
You can use it to communicate in different ways.
It can bring you pleasure.

Music and Brain

The brain is divided into four significant areas in the vertical organisation: CORTICAL, LIMBIC, MIDBRAIN and BRAINSTEM.
We observed dispersed and overlapping brain regions associated with music listening and recall.
Cortex includes Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Parietal Lobe and Occipital Lobe. Rounded bulges of the cortex are known as gyri. Grooves are termed sulci when relatively shallow and fissures when deeper.
During the onset phase (0–500 ms), music listening initiated cortical activity in high-gamma band in the temporal lobe and supramarginal gyrus, followed by the precentral gyrus and the inferior frontal gyrus. In contrast, during music recall, the high-gamma band activity first appeared in the inferior frontal gyrus and precentral gyrus, and then spread to the temporal lobe, showing a reversed temporal sequential order.
During the sustained phase (after 500 ms), delta band and high-gamma band responses in the supramarginal gyrus, temporal and frontal lobes dynamically tracked the intensity envelope of the music during listening or recall with distinct temporal delays.
All music enters the brain through its emotional regions, yet some types of music also stimulate the frontal lobe responses that influence the will, moral worth, and reasoning power.
The limbic system is considered to be the 'emotional' brain, as the component structures have been shown to display high levels of neural activity during emotional experiences.
One part of the limbic region, the amygdala, is vital for processing emotions, especially fear, sadness and anger.
Music appears to have both general and specific brain effects. Listening to music seems to favourably balance the frontal lobe function in depression.
Thus, depending on the type of music, its net influence can be either beneficial or detrimental—depending on whether it predominately stimulates the frontal lobe or the “lower” emotional centres.
It might also anticipate a connection between rock music and depression.
On the other hand, harmonious hymns and symphonies produce beneficial frontal lobe responses. For example, some studies link classical music, such as Mozart piano sonatas, to improve spatial-temporal reasoning—useful in disciplines like engineering and geometry. In another study, three to five-year-old children who were given eight months of group singing and keyboard lessons demonstrated improved frontal lobe function compared to similar-aged children who didn’t receive such music lessons.

Amusia is one type of learning disabilities, commonly called tone-deafness, the inability in a person with normal hearing to recognise musical notes, rhythms, or tunes or to reproduce them.
Everyone is creative, but those who can put their brains into “idle” on-demand are more likely to open up their minds to new possibilities and generator original ideas. The frontal areas keep attention targeted when musicians play by note, but turn off in improvisation so ideas can “float”.

How to listen to Music

Listen to music, not just hearing it.
When you listen to music, you can hear the melodies, rhythms, and tone.
Listening to and understanding music isn’t just thinking about it or analysing it. Part of listening is how music makes you feel. Some people use music to lift their mood or to calm themselves down. Others listen to music to inspire them. Notice how different types of music make you feel.

How to make Music

Singing and playing musical instruments may be the first things that come to mind when you think about being Music Smart.
You can make music anywhere you go.
Making music is also about expression and feeling.
When you make music, you are doing more than you realise. You may be thinking, expressing feelings, solving problems, making friends, and growing and sharing an essential part of yourself.

How to write Music

Composing a piece of music or writing a song doesn’t have to be a big or formal deal.
The song can be as straightforward or as complicated as you’d like.
Writing music is basically about creating patterns of tones, notes, or rhythms that you like and playing around with them.

Musical Mind

You might be interested to know that your Music Smart mind is at work even when you’re not thinking about or listening to music.
Your musical mind is part of your everyday life.
That’s your musical mind helping you process ideas and information.
Playing music, as well as listening to it, can help you focus your thoughts. Music can help you create art and inventions, brainstorm ideas, and solve problems.
Sometimes your musical mind is triggered by the sounds around you.

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Become more Music Smart

1. Listen to many different kinds of music
2. Sing with your family or friends
3. See live music whenever you get the chance
4. Compose a song or musical piece
5. Create or improvise instruments with whatever you have around you
6. Take a private music lesson on your favourite instrument
7. Start a band

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Use other Smarts to become more Musical Intelligence

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Music Smart Maestro builds other Smarts

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