MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE

•Recognizes and discusses different musical styles, genres, and cultural variations. Demonstrates interest in the role music has and continues to play in human lives. •Collects music and information about music in various forms, both recorded and printed, and may collect and play musical instruments including synthesizers. •Develops the ability to sing and/or play an instrument alone or with others. •Uses the vocabulary and notations of music. •Enjoys improvising and playing with sounds, and when given a phrase of music, can complete a musical statement in a way that makes sense.•

Common Characteristics

•Have good rhythm •Can easily memorize songs •Notice and enjoy different sounds •Often singing, whisling or tapping a song •Talented with an instrument or singing •Can tell when a note is off-key •Often have a song running through their head •Have an unquenchable passion for music

CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE

•Musician •Singer •Conductor •Composer •Songwriter •Music Teacher •Music Director •Choir Director •Record Producer

CAREER MATCHES

José Antonio Meléndez Rodríguez (was born on January 9, 1962, in Rivas, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan American guitar player, composer and singer and songwriter who was born without arms. Nevertheless which caused his disability. Meléndez has learned to play the guitar with his feet.