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the use of music to effect positive changes in the psychological, physical, cognitive, or social functioning of individuals with health or educational problems; used for a wide variety of indications, including mental disorders, developmental and learning disabilities, neurologic disabilities, and the management of pain or stress.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Music therapy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.84 MeSH … Wikipedia
Music therapy in Canada — Music therapy has existed in Canada in various forms since the 1950s. As of 2009, there were six undergraduate and two graduate music therapy training programs in Canada. History In 1956, Fran Herman, one of Canada s music therapy pioneers, began … Wikipedia
music therapy — /ˈmjuzɪk θɛrəpi/ (say myoohzik theruhpee) noun the use of music to promote healing or wellbeing. Also, music psychotherapy. –music therapist, noun …
music therapy — noun Any of various supposed therapeutic uses of music … Wiktionary
Improvisation in music therapy — 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… … Wikipedia
Neurologic Music Therapy — (NMT) is a music therapy model based on neuroscience, the scientific study of the nervous system. NMT is a therapeutic application of music to cognitive, sensory, and motor dysfunctions due to neurologic disease of the human nervous system.[1]… … Wikipedia
Music psychology — Music psychology, or the psychology of music, may be regarded as a branch of psychology or a branch of musicology. It aims to explain and understand musical behavior and musical experience. Modern music psychology is mainly empirical: music… … Wikipedia
Music cognition — is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the mental processes that support musical behaviors, including perception, comprehension, memory, attention, and performance. Originally arising in fields of psychoacoustics and sensation,… … Wikipedia
Music education — is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain (the development of skills), the cognitive domain (the acquisition of knowledge), and, in particular… … Wikipedia
Music theory — is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods. In a grand sense, music theory distills… … Wikipedia
