Transcript Music is a

Managing
Stress
8E
Principles and Strategies
for Health and Well-Being
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Chapter 22
Music Therapy
“Music acts like a magic key to which
the most tightly closed heart opens.”
— Maria von Trapp
Reprinted from The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Von Trapp. Copyright © 1981 by Maria Von Trapp. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Music Therapy:
Music Therapy: The ability to listen to, sing, or
perform music as a means to promote relaxation and
homeostasis.
Music Therapy
Music Therapy
1. To listen to music*
Music Therapy
1. To listen to music*
2. To play an instrument
Music Therapy
1. To listen to music*
2. To play an instrument
3. To sing (or chant)
* This form of music therapy
is the most common style used
for relaxation purposes.
Historical Perspective
Before the days of radio, television, and the Internet,
live music (house concerts) was the most common
form of entertainment as a means for relaxation.
Figure 22.7. Today
music therapy for
patients (and staff) is
not uncommon in
hospital settings to
foster a greater sense
of healing.
From Sound
to Noise
to Music
All sound is energy
made audible!
This table reveals the association between
the 7 note musical scale, the 7 chakras, 7
primary colors, and 7 meditative
affirmations.
Theories of
Music Therapy
(Why music is thought
to be relaxing)
Theories of
Music Therapy
(Why music is thought
to be relaxing)
• Biochemical Theory
Theories of
Music Therapy
(Why music is thought
to be relaxing)
• Biochemical Theory
• Entrainment Theory
Theories of
Music Therapy
(Why music is thought
to be relaxing)
• Biochemical Theory
• Entrainment Theory
• Metaphysical Theory
Biochemical
Theory
Figure 22.1. Sound waves in the ear.
Entrainment Theory
Entraiment
Figure 22.4. The concept of entrainment was first observed by
Dutch physicist Christian Huygens in 1665 by observing the
movement two pendulum clocks over time. Entrainment: the
mutual phase locking of two objects in close proximity. Tuning
forks are a prime example.
Figure 22.5. This mandala-shaped figure was created by
vibrating (with the OM sound) a steel plate covered with
tiny sand particles, a process known as “cymatics.”
Source: Reprinted with permission. Cymatics: A Study of Wave Phenomena and Vibration. © 2001 MACROmedia Publishing. Newmarket, NH. http://www.cymaticsource.com.
Figure 22.3. Didgeridoo vibration imprint on water
through the process of entrainment.
Photo © 2002 Alexander Lauterwasser. Reprinted with permission from Water Sound Images. © 2005 MACROmedia Publishing, Newmarket, NH. www.cymaticsource.com.
Metaphysical Theory
Music is a “Gift from God”
Music is a “Gift from God”
• The word music comes to us from the
Greek word “Muse,” angel-like beings that
taught Apollo how to play the lute (a type of
guitar).
Music is a “Gift from God”
• The word music comes to us from the
Greek word “Muse,” angel-like beings that
taught Apollo how to play the lute (a type of
guitar)
• Mozart, Beethovan, Paul McCartney, and
many, many others credit their musical genius
to tapping into the divine for inspiration.
Figure 22.2. Headphones
can provide a sense of
solitude when listening to
music. Repeated
exposure to high volumes
with a headset, however,
can impair hearing and
result in early-onset
deafness.
Source: © Jason Stitt/ShutterStock, Inc..
Musical Imagery
Figure 22.8. Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev
combined music and imagination in his masterpiece
Peter and the Wolf, wherein each character is
represented by a melody on a different instrument.
Music as a
Relaxation
Technique
Music as a
Relaxation
Technique
1. Instrumental music is
the best (no lyrics)
Music as a
Relaxation
Technique
1. Instrumental music is
the best (no lyrics)
2. Music preference
Music as a
Relaxation
Technique
1. Instrumental music is
the best (no lyrics)
2. Music preference
3. Quiet listening
environment
Psychological Effects of
Music Therapy
Music Therapy
and Chronic
Pain
The Healing
Power
of Music
Singer/Songwriter
Naomi Judd
Source: Courtesy of Naomi Judd
Best Application
for
Music Therapy