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Dec 18, 2014 · Improvisation in music therapy is seen to have specific benefits for particular populations including the amelioration of neurological damage, improvements in mental health conditions, reductions in stress and anxiety, and improved communication and joint attention behaviours in children with autistic spectrum disorders.
- Raymond Ar MacDonald, Graeme B Wilson
- 2014
Building on the promise of such interventions, this systematic review evaluates the evidence-base for psychosocial interventions that use music as an innovative strategy to improve treatment engagement and/or mental health outcomes for A-YA.
First, the stress-reducing effects of music listening versus musical improvisation on a xylophone were compared. Second, psychophysiological measures of stress were utilized in addition to self-report measures. Third, stress reduction effects were measured in one session.
Improvisation in music therapy is seen to have specific benefits for particular populations including the amelioration of neurological damage, improvements in mental health conditions, reductions in stress and anxiety, and improved communication and joint attention behaviours in children with autistic spectrum disorders.
- MacDonald RAR, Wilson GB
- Musical improvisation and health: a review
- Journal Article
- 2014
Feb 1, 2022 · For example, the music therapist may influence patients’ perceived stress during musical improvisation by synchronizing with the patient’s music-making, subsequently changing the musical expression by playing slower and less loudly (de Witte, da Silva Pinho et al., 2020).
Dec 9, 2020 · Within these two ways of stress reduction during music therapy, the tempo and the dynamics (also known as “loudness”) of the music can be considered as the most important musical components to reduce stress or tension in adult patients with MID.
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therapist may influence patients’ perceived stress during musical improvization by synchronizing with the patient’s music-making, subsequently changing the musical expression by playing slower and less loudly.
