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Jan 1, 1989 · The author describes improvisational music therapy from a practical perspective. Improvisational techniques are employed for assessment, treatment, or evaluation. Under the heading...
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Jan 31, 2020 · This article explores historical contexts for improvisation in music therapy, and ways we might begin to think about and define this complex topic.
May 1, 1989 · In conducting an improvisational session, the author stresses four important tasks: Preparing the client for therapy, engaging the client in therapy, musical interaction, and reviewing the experience.
- Kenneth Bruscia
- 1989
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). Typically, the goals of improvisational music therapy
introduction: improvisation within music therapy Ask a UK-trained music therapist what they do, and they will almost certainly describe their work in terms of improvisation.
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.
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In music therapy, imagination finds its place in the creative development of improvised music, and this chapter explores both the technical aspects of improvisation as a creative force as well as the potential for themes, images, stories, and pictures to provide the imaginative fuel to drive the improvisation experience.