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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.
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.
Jan 31, 2020 · understanding of improvisation in music therapy: At the core of our work is a developing relationship with the client, a fundamentally interactive use of music in improvisation.
Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy: Also known as creative music therapy, this method involves instrument playing and improvisation to promote self-expression, often accompanied by the therapist’s use of another instrument. The therapy fosters spontaneous creativity and enhances emotional communication. Techniques Used in Music Therapy
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- Characteristics of Improvisation
- Effects on Health Or Wellbeing
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- Aesthetic and Therapeutic Improvising
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
- 2014
Jan 1, 1989 · The author describes improvisational music therapy from a practical perspective. Improvisational techniques are employed for assessment, treatment, or evaluation.
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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.
