Toward a new consciousness of the sonic healing arts: The therapeutic use of sound and music for personal and planetary health and transformation

Journal/Book: Music Therapy. 1988; 7: 28-33.

Abstract: Proposes music as a holistic model for therapy, recognizing the power of sonic vibrations to effect wholeness, health, and consciousness. Music as a communal force has the potential to improve human understanding and relations. Although forms of shared music may vary, the results of communal music can be the same: the breakdown of the barriers that cause isolation among people. This awareness of interrelationships may influence a consciousness far larger than the initial group creating the music and may contribute to a global consciousness. ABSTRACT 2: Examined the feasibility of using a computer software program, Toney Listens to Music (TLM), as an assessment tool with 45 mentally retarded students (aged 9-21 yrs; IQs 41-59). Melodic and rhythmic discrimination skills presented in 4 levels of TLM were administered to Ss. Results indicate the TLM may be a potential tool for assessing musical discrimination skills in handicapped children, particularly those with minimal communication skills.

Note: music as holistic model for therapy; human relations & global consciousness analysis of "Toney Listens to Music" software program; diagnosis of melodic & rhythmic discrimination skills; mentally retarded 9 21 yr old students

Keyword(s): Music therapy; holistic health

Zurück | Weiter