MUSIC 2MT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Motor System, Great Transition, Dementia
20 Sep 2016
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Using pre-composed music: music therapy & individuals with disabilities. They know the songs, easier to sing along with. Why is it a powerful to? (listening exercise) Provides a safe environment because its familiar and comforting. Creatures of habit, gravitate to what we know / familiarty important. Can evoke memories because it"s precomposed music that we know. Precomposed music that is random won"t elicit the same responses. Has meaning, familiar, has context to the client. No, being used with intent of healthcare goal, diff from entertainment. Typically play the same song over a couple of times, particularly working with a cognitive decline. Singing several times give client greater opportunity to successfully reach healthcare goal of engaging, singing, being a part of process (unlike entertainer who goes one song, next song, next ) Give clients opportunities to fill in parts of song by slowing down, looking at them with intent to fill in blank
