The three main abilities included in musical intelligence are perception, creation and reflection.

From the perspective of psychological research, Gardner proposed that musical intelligence consists of three musical abilities, which are:

(1) Music perception ability

< p>That is, being able to identify the differences within an art form (which naturally includes the ability to feel and appreciate music);

(2) The ability to create music

That is, the ability to create music Consciousness, the creative component in musical performance;

(3) Musical reflective ability

That is, taking a step back from one's own or other artists' perceptions and works, and seeking to understand the meaning of these perceptions and works Methods, purposes, difficulties and results achieved.

The three musical abilities proposed by Gardner not only point out the direction for determining the specific goals of middle school music teaching, but also build a theoretical and operational framework for the evaluation of the effectiveness of middle school music education.

Psychology believes: "Feeling is a reflection of the individual attributes of things, and perception is a reflection of a complete image composed of individual hidden characteristics of things. It is an active reflection that includes organization and selection." The individual attributes of music include: pitch, rhythm, intensity, speed, timbre, etc. People's feeling of music is to feel the basic elements of these music through the auditory channel.

However, music is a combination of the above-mentioned basic elements. The overall feeling of these basic elements is the perception of music. Combining the feeling and perception of music is called the perception of music. Obviously, in order to improve students' ability to perceive music, students must be taught some basic music concepts and skills.