Music Therapy Improvisations for Groups

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ISBN: 9781891278495 | 1891278495
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/2007

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While more and more certified music therapists appear to be using improvisational methods, few published resources exist to guide training and development, especially at the undergraduate/entry level. This unprecedented book provides clinicians, educators, and trainers with knowledge-based and skill-based competencies in group improvisation leadership and a suggested sequence for instruction in these specific competencies.

Introduction	p. 1
Essential Competencies	p. 4
Suggestions for Using This Book	p. 9
Terms and Nomenclature of Improvisation	p. 12
Foundational Definitions	p. 12
Methods, Procedures, Techniques	p. 15
Referential and Nonreferential Improvisations	p. 16
Givens	p. 19
Improvisation Versus a Drum Circle	p. 21
Instruments of Improvisation	p. 25
Instrumentarium	p. 25
Mallets	p. 25
Getting to Know Your Instruments	p. 26
Ambidexterity	p. 27
Selecting the Instruments	p. 31
Quality	p. 32
Number	p. 32
Types	p. 33
Client Age	p. 34
Cautions	p. 36
Needs and Objectives	p. 36
The Therapist's Instrument	p. 43
Arranging the Environment	p. 44
Presenting the Instruments	p. 46
Sound Vocabulary	p. 48
Musical Elements of Improvisation	p. 51
Rhythmic Elements	p. 51
Language and Rhythm	p. 54
Tonal Elements	p. 58
Textural Elements	p. 61
Dynamic Elements	p. 65
Timbral Elements	p. 66
Structures for Improvisation	p. 69
Session Structures	p. 70
Selecting and Presenting Givens and Referents	p. 77
Selection	p. 78
Presentation	p. 81
Nonmusical Facilitation Skills (Verbal & Gestural)	p. 84
Starting and Stopping	p. 84
Starting	p. 84
Stopping	p. 86
Communicating During Improvisation	p. 88
Movement	p. 90
Physical Assistance	p. 91
Musical Facilitation Skills	p. 95
Techniques of Empathy	p. 98
Imitating	p. 98
Synchronizing	p. 100
Incorporating	p. 101
Pacing	p. 102
Reflecting	p. 103
Structuring Techniques	p. 104
Rhythmic Grounding	p. 104
Tonal Centering	p. 106
Elicitation Techniques	p. 107
Repeating	p. 108
Modeling	p. 108
Making Spaces	p. 108
Interjecting	p. 109
Redirection Techniques	p. 109
Introducing Change	p. 110
Intensifying	p. 110
Intimacy Techniques	p. 111
Sharing Instruments	p. 111
Bonding	p. 112
Soliloquizing	p. 112
Procedural Techniques	p. 112
Receding	p. 113
Referential Techniques	p. 113
Free Associating	p. 113
Emotional Exploration Techniques	p. 114
Holding	p. 114
Doubling	p. 115
Contrasting	p. 116
Splitting	p. 116
Transferring	p. 116
Making Sense of What We Hear: The IAPs	p. 119
Improvisation Assessment Profiles (IAPs)	p. 121
Intramusical Relationships	p. 121
Intermusical Relationships	p. 122
The Profiles	p. 122
Salience	p. 123
Integration	p. 126
Variability	p. 128
Tension	p. 130
Congruence	p. 131
Autonomy	p. 132
Summary and Caveats	p. 134
Verbal Skills	p. 136
To Process or Not to Process	p. 136
Focal Point of Verbal Processing	p. 138
Role of the Therapist	p. 139
Verbal Techniques	p. 140
Probe	p. 141
Reflection of Feeling	p. 143
Clarification	p. 144
Checking Out	p. 145
Self-Disclosure	p. 146
Summary	p. 146
Closing	p. 148
Essential Competencies for Clinical Improvisation	p. 152
Exercises	p. 156
Referents for Clinical Music Improvisation	p. 159
Harmonic Progressions/Vamps	p. 165
Givens/Parameters	p. 167
IAP Profiles and Scales	p. 171
References	p. 174
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