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Sep 9, 2020 · Improvisation refers to a spontaneous performance of music or other arts without previous preparation or any written notes and is considered to be a natural way of music making. Music therapy is the use of music to cure or to bring relief to ill or troubled clients.
Jan 31, 2020 · Improvisation is also a defining feature of music therapy since it can facilitate a clinical relationship between therapist and client (Wigram, 2004; Foubert, 2020; Foubert et al.,...
In music therapy improvisation is defined as a process where the client and therapist relate to each other. The client makes up music, musical improvisation, while singing or playing, extemporaneously creating a melody, rhythm, song, or instrumental piece.
The author discusses a variety of techniques and methods for the use of improvisation in music therapy and provides a background in music therapy improvisation approaches. The text includes a CD with musical examples.
- Patricia Leonor Sabbatella
Jul 27, 2017 · As a music therapy process, clinical improvisation is the free or guided extemporaneous use of music, undertaken by the therapist and/or client, using a range of tuned and untuned instruments and voice, to maintain or improve health (Bruscia, 1987).
- Anthony Meadows, Katherine Wimpenny
- 2017
Improvisation in music therapy includes any experiences in which the client actively participates in spontaneous music making with the therapist and/or other clients--playing instruments, vocalizing, or sounding their bodies or other objects (p. 122).
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Clinical Improvisation Techniques in Music Therapy—A Guide for Students, Clinicians and Educators provides a clear and systematic approach to understanding and applying improvisational techniques.
