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The musical learning style, also known as the aural (auditory-musical-rhythmic), is one of eight types of intelligence defined in Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences. Musical learning style refers to a person's ability to understand and process sound, rhythm, patterns in sound, relationships between sounds, and ability to process ...
Feb 2, 2024 · How do People with Musical Intelligence Learn? Musical learning style refers to an individual’s capacity to understand and process sound, rhythm, patterns in sound, connections between sounds, and the ability to process rhymes and other aural information.
- Claudia Pesce
- Songs. Songs are what work best for musical learners, so don’t be afraid to give them plenty of those. Here are just a few things you can do with a song
- Chants. Chants are very rhythmic and easy to remember – the ideal way to reach musical learners. Did you know you can teach almost anything with a chant?
- Reading Out Loud. When it comes to reading, it is best for musical learners to read out loud as they have the chance to hear the sounds and patterns the English words and structures make.
- Dance/Move/Clap to a Certain Beat. Musical learners are even more motivated when a certain beat is accompanied by movement. When you teach sentence or word stress, clap your hands once for each of the words/syllables, but emphasize the stressed word/syllable with a louder clap.
- Visual (spatial) In music, whether learning an instrument or in a class, students will read the rhythm and melody in their music, the words of a song, and anything else that is written in the form of instructions or a story.
- Aural (auditory-musical) This learning style is obviously used when teaching music. Students in music class are constantly listening to their own singing voice or instrument as well as those around them.
- Verbal (linguistic) There are students, we all know and love them, who just talk and talk. These verbal learners love to echo sing, are the ones who want a speaking part in a program, and will be the loudest singers (even if they aren’t the best singers.)
- Physical (kinesthetic) In music class, physical learners will love to play instruments and movement activities. These are the students who may have a hard time sitting still and want to be in constant motion.
- Orff-Schulwerk. In Orff Schulwerk classrooms, children begin with what they do instinctively: play! Imitation, experimentation, and personal expression occur naturally as students become confident, life-long musicians and creative problem solvers.
- Kodaly-Inspired Teaching. If we ourselves sing often, this provides a deep experience of happiness in music. Through our own musical activities, we learn to know the pulsation, rhythm, and shape of melody.
- Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Dalcroze Education is a playful, experiential approach to teaching and learning music. History. In the late 19th century, Swiss composer and music teacher Emile Jaques-Dalcroze noticed a lack of expression in the performance of his students.
- Suzuki Method. Every child can learn. History. In the middle of the 20th century, Shinichi Suzuki started a movement for standardizing music instructions for Japanese students with the belief that every child can learn.
Through participant observation and other qualitative methods, it is suggested that four potential aural “learning styles” emerged: the “impulsive”, the “shot-in-the-dark”, the “practical” and the “theoretical” styles. These are illustrated with qualitative data from lesson transcripts and annotations.
What characteristics does an aural learner have that differ from other styles? This lesson answers this question and provides tips for how to give these students more opportunities to use their...
