Transcript Music Therapy and Guitar

Music Therapy
with Guitar
(using Learn to Play Guitar Essentials)
By
Lisa Fleetwood
What is Music Therapy?
• Using music to
reach a certain
goal/goals with a
single patient or in
a group setting
• In general,
treatment includes
creating, singing,
moving to, and/or
listening to music
Guitar’s Role in Music Therapy
• It allows the therapist to sing while
playing
• It is mobile (as opposed to piano)
• It is versatile (use with any
population)
Guitar Requirements
Students studying music therapy are
required to take several classes
studying the guitar and incorporating
it into therapy.
In addition to classes, a program that
can help is Learn to Play Guitar
Essentials.
May I Have A
Volunteer!?!
“Learn to Play Guitar
Essentials”
Benefits
• Program online is only $10
• Plays chords so you can hear
• Pick a certain key
• Built in tuner
Especially for Music therapist:
• Change chords within a key
• Can help transpose to key better for
singing
Example
Therapy for Geriatrics
Selecting a song and changing the
chords to add variety
Why Change chords?
POSITIVES
• More interesting for client
• Creativity for the therapist
• Not going for very hard chords,
just color
Rain Drops Keep Fallin’
G
Rain drops keep fallin’ on my head
G
C
Bm
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed,
Em
Bm
Em
nothing seems to fit, Those
Am
rain drops just keep fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’
D
G
So I just did me some talkin’ to the sun…
LIMITATIONS
• Covers just the basics
• Doesn’t offer a wide variety of
chords nor does it include minor keys
• Software Issues