What is music? Music is a composition, from the vantage point of a musician is the amalgamation, or combination of tone, rhythm, harmony, and melody are all combined to make one uniform sound and also to convey a message to the intended audience along with many other beneficial things such as alleviating stress. What is music therapy? According to an article titled Music Therapy, from World of Health, “music therapy is the use of music, along with other therapies, by a trained and credentialed professional in order to achieve therapeutic goals for a patient. Therapeutic uses and benefits came about in the United States are dated as far back as the eighteenth century. Music has greatly evolved from the 1930s to the current year of 2016. Back in the 30s the music had a different feel and provided listeners with a different atmosphere than the music that is present now. Brave New World, a novel by Aldous Huxley, originally published in 1932 shows how music therapy connects to the present and how it is more likely to be in the near future.
Music therapy has references that dated as far back as the late 1790s in a periodical titled Columbian Magazine. This form of therapy became popular in the 20th century after WWII as well as WWII. Therapists would assist the veterans when they returned home from battle. “The more formal approach to music therapy began during WWII when the Veterans Administration hospitals began using music to help treat soldiers suffering from shell shock (Courbat). ” Due to this the VA (Veteran Administration) was formed.
The mission of the VA simplified is to care for those who fought the many fights as well as taking care of the family members of a veteran. From an article titled “Music Therapy” music therapy research is described in this fashion : “Research supports the effectiveness of music therapy in improving communication, facilitating movement along with overall physical rehabilitation, providing emotional support for clients and their families, motivating people to cope with treatment, and providing an outlet for the expression of feelings. There are many benefits that come along with music therapy. In an article titled “Music Therapy Benefits” by Cindi Courbat, a music therapist named Petra Flick-Trevino describes how “music has many benefits, both mental and physical,” and that whenever she plays her harp “patients listen intently and allow the sound of each note to resonate with them. ” Music is an effective tool in alleviating the healing process.
Unfortunately, there are many individuals who have certain diseases that limit accessibility and ability to do everyday things on their own without any assistance. This form of therapy is said to help “lower depression symptoms and improves breathing better than traditional treatment alone does for patients with chronic breathing conditions (Robeznieks). ” Aldous Huxley makes a connection to music along with the presence of hypnosis. In Brave New World a there is an affiliation with music.
Lenina and Henry were heading to the Westminster Abbey Cabaret, which was across the street from Henry’s 40 story apartment complex because there was a group that was going to be performing called “Calvin Stopes and the Sixteen Sexophonists”. The lettering of this in the book is described as “the electric skysigns effectively shut off the outer darkness (75). ” While Lenina and Henry were at the cabaret they danced to the music of Calvin Stopes and the Sixteen Sexophonists, which was described as synthetic.
From the vantage point of a musician, a synthetic chord is one that is not able to be analyzed in the fashion that traditional harmonic structures. A synthetic chord can also be called a triad, a chord which contains the root (the main note of the chord), the third, and the fifth. For example to make a C chord the following notes are needed: C, E, and G. These three notes are played simultaneously to produce a singular sound containing those pitches. There are many forms of triads, which are major, minor, diminished, and augmented.
The explanation of these are very hard to put into simple terms and go into much depth. Aldous Huxley’s depiction of music therapy is different than what most people expected it to be. Most people look to music therapy as a source to alleviate stress and to get the mind to think about music instead of focusing on something like a disease. Music is something that is meant to soothe the mind. The therapeutic benefits of music greatly affect the mind in a positive manner.
The definition of music varies among people, but Sharon Shear, a music therapist defines this as “a universal relaxant (Courbat). ” Music therapy is something that is accessible to everybody, and it is not limited to those who have mental or physical ailments. The main objective of this form of therapy is used to soothe and relax the mind and body. When an individual listens to or hears music it triggers a part of the brain called the auditory cortex, which is affiliated with hearing; therefore, the main function of this piece of the brain is to process the sounds that the individual hears.
The use of tone, rhythm, melody, and harmony to convey a message to the intended audience along with many other beneficial things such as alleviating stress. What is music therapy? According to an article titled Music Therapy, from World of Health, “music therapy is the use of music, along with other therapies, by a trained and credentialed professional in order to achieve therapeutic goals for a patient. ” Therapeutic uses and benefits came about in the United States are dated as far back as the eighteenth century.
Music has greatly evolved from the 1930s to the current year of 2016. Back in the 30s the music had a different feel and provided listeners with a different atmosphere than the music that is present now. Brave New World, a novel by Aldous Huxley, originally published in 1932 shows how music therapy connects to the present and how it is more likely to be in the near future. In order to become a music therapist there are multiple compulsory, or mandatory prerequisites that are to be accomplished in order to be considered or classified as a music therapist.
One of the main requirements is to have a bachelor’s degree in music therapy from one of approximately 70 AMTA (American Music Therapy Associations) accepted college programs. Another prerequisite for this position is to put in clinical training for 1200 hours along with a supervised internship. After the requirements are met the individual(s) can be titles as Music Therapists. Working with patients can either be nearly flawless or very difficult, which will depend on the patient’s intensity (of anxiety, anger, etc,) will determine how treatment will most likely turn out to be.
According to an article titled “Music Therapy”, there is a four step procedure that music therapists perform when they are making preparations for incoming clients. First, the therapist is to figure out the problem of the client. Next, multiple activities affiliated with music are chosen to help achieve the intended goal. These activities must be compliant with the patient’s physical and mental capabilities. The last thing that is done is the physical treatment. Research is a key component when one decides to specialize in the area of music therapy.
From an article titled “Music Therapy” the research that is performed under this field is described in the following fashion : “Research supports the effectiveness of music therapy in improving communication, facilitating movement along with overall physical rehabilitation, providing emotional support for clients and their families, motivating people to cope with treatment, and providing an outlet for the expression of feelings. ” The preceding statement describes a few of the benefits that come along with music therapy.
