MUSIC 2MT3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Music Therapy, Higher Octave Music, Monochord
14 Sep 2016
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Music 2mt3 textbook notes chapter 1 introduction to music therapy. 1. 1 music therapy a historical perspective. Who invented music: some say pythagoras, others say the biblical figure jubal, of whom genesis 4:21 tells that he was the progenitor of harpists and flutists", the theorist and poet johannes hollandrinus suggests a compromise, he writes. Pythagoras invented music, and boethius passed it on. Guido examined the notes, and jubal recorded the melody . Nowadays, people of western hemisphere conside music a commodity, a consumer good. Man is not a machine, but a complex, bio-psycho-social being: man is a unity of body, mind and spirit placed into a social order, and music has comprehensive effects and meaning on all levels. One of pythagoras"s working tools was a so-called monochord (a measure and music. Instrument" with only one string: could experiment with notes and intervals, with the proportions of two or more notes and their relationship to human consciousness.
