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Clinical Improvisation Techniques in Music Therapy: A Guide for Students, Clinicians and Educators |
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Debbie Carroll, Ph.D., LGSMT, MTA and Claire Lefbvre, MA, MTA | | | Charles C. Thomas, Publishers / Spiral Bound / Sep 2013 9780398088903 (ISBN-10: 039808890X) | | Music Therapy | | price: $44.95 | | 118 pages | |
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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. It is inspired by the taxonomy of clinical improvisation techniques as described by Kenneth Bruscia in his book, Improvisational Models of Music Therapy. Based on years of their own experimenting with the teaching of improvisation, the authors have evolved a particular developmental sequence for introducing basic techniques of improvising and applying them through role-play exercises that have been sensitively designed to bring out one’s innate musicality and one’s empathic regard. Part One provides an introduction to the techniques. Part Two focuses on how to apply the techniques with clinical intent in order to meet the diverse needs of a client, individually or in the context of a group. This section also addresses the need to enrich one’s own musicianship by providing musical resources, relevant references and guidelines for working with client’s playing. This “hands-on” guide fulfills the need for a clear process-oriented approach to mastering clinical improvisation techniques, and in a style that can be understood not only by music therapy students, clinicians and educators but also by health care administrators and providers alike. Contents: Acknowledgments Foreword Preface INTRODUCTION PART ONE—TAXONOMY OF CLINICAL IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES MUSICAL TECHNIQUES Prelude Summary list of the musical techniques Description of each technique M1. Establish contact M2. Elicit responses M3. Structure responses M4. Guide the client towards greater freedom of expression M5. Work with the client on deeper intrapersonal and interpersonal levels VERBAL TECHNIQUES Prelude Summary list of the verbal techniques Description of each technique V1. Ask questions V2. Offer feedback PART TWO—APPLYING THE TECHNIQUES EXPANDING CLINICAL AND MUSICAL RESOURCES Starting out Moving beyond Becoming reflective and effective practitioners ROLE-PLAY EXERCISES Warm-up exercises Playing with different beating patterns GUIDELINES FOR WORKING WITH THE CLIENT’S PLAYING Meeting the client in the music Giving form to impulsive, continuous or chaotic-creative playing Redirecting compulsive playing Selected rhythmic, harmonic and melodic guidelines Role-playing rules SIX ROLE-PLAY EXERCISES WITH predetermined MUSICAL AND CLINICAL PARAMETERS CLOSING WORDS APPENDICES 1A. Summary and synthesis of the 64 clinical techniques used in improvisational music therapy (Bruscia, 1987) 1B. Comparative table highlighting differences between Bruscia’s groupings of the 64 techniques and those of the present authors 2. Diagrams illustrating the connections among certain techniques 3. Students’ exploration of the potential therapeutic effects of intervals 4. Scales (and more) 5. Three improvisational models of music therapy (Alvin, Nordoff-Robbins, Priestley) BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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