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- Although improvisation is undertaken in music therapy for a purpose distinct from that of improvisation in other contexts, its processes can be seen as substantively similar, suggesting that improvising in itself may offer intrinsic benefits to health or wellbeing to broader populations and outwith the therapeutic context.
soundhealth.ucsf.edu/content/musical-improvisation-and-health-reviewMusical improvisation and health: a review - Sound Health Network
Jul 15, 2020 · Improvisation: Involves spontaneous music making using simple instruments, body percussion, or the voice. This type of intervention requires the therapist to hear and interpret, and ultimately respond to the client’s playing or mood.
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Nordoff-Robbins music therapy, also known as creative music therapy, is an improvisational approach where therapists and patients play musical instruments (typically drums or cymbals). The goal is to help clients self-express and improve their ability to relate to others.
Analytical Music Therapy: This approach uses improvised musical “dialogue” through singing or playing an instrument to express unconscious thoughts, which are then reflected upon and discussed with the therapist. It aims to provide insight into inner psychological processes and facilitate emotional healing.
This paper will give an overview of how and why improvisation is used in music therapy and the implications of its use. According to the Canadian Association for Music Therapy (CAMT), “music therapy is the skilful use of music and musical elements by an accredited music therapist to promote, maintain, and restore mental, physical, emotional ...
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The Medline and PsycInfo databases were searched for peer-reviewed journal articles in English with all of the search terms music*, improvis* and either therap*, well-being or health* in the abstract, returning 177 articles. In addition published works known to the authors were reviewed, and the reference lists of identified articles were checked f...
Although database searches were not exclusively limited to interventions labelled as ‘therapy’, all the relevant references examined or discussed music therapy; that is, improvisation undertaken with therapeutic intent, involving a trained and certified music therapist. Rolvsjord et al. ([2005]) identifies improvisation as an ‘essential but not uni...
Therapy involving musical improvisation has been studied in application to a wide range of groups and conditions, including patients in rehabilitation from neurological damage (Aigen [2009]; Pavlicevic and Ansdell [2004]); patients with substance use disorders (Albornoz [2011]); cancer patients (Burns et al. [2001]; Pothoulaki et al. [2012]); patie...
The mechanisms by which improvisation facilitates enhancements to health or wellbeing are not always specified in the literature, where the focus may be on demonstrating effectiveness of the intervention as a whole. This is largely the case for studies observing an effect of improvisation on physical conditions arising from neurological damage, alt...
The literature reviewed above has examined uses of musical improvisation within therapy. Improvisation is of course more widely practiced than in therapy alone, primarily for aesthetic purposes (Aldridge [1998]). To consider how the study of therapeutic improvising might inform our understanding of improvising in other contexts, it is important to ...
- Raymond Ar MacDonald, Graeme B Wilson
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Aug 18, 2021 · Generally, music therapy consists of four main methods- receptive, re-creative, improvisation, and composition. These methods can be utilized in numerous variations- some of which are described below.
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It discusses the acquisition of improvisation skills, different styles of improvisation, and how such a flexible and creative form of music-making can be applied in therapeutic work. Finally, it describes the results from a research study where improvisational music therapy was applied to achieve measurable benefits for young children with ...
