A phenomenological comparison of the organization of music and the self

Journal/Book: Arts in Psychotherapy. 1989; 16: 91-97.

Abstract: Discusses how musical perception is linked with the identity of the whole person. Topics discussed include language as music, hemispheric processing, and rhythm. It is suggested that the perception of music requires a holistic strategy in which the play of patterned frequencies is recognized within a matrix of time. This approach suggests that people may be described in similar terms, as beings in the world who are patterned frequencies in time. The practice of creative music therapy adopts a phenomenological approach that presses the scientist to understand phenomena as direct experiences before being translated into thoughts and feelings.

Note: musical perception & identity of whole person; implications for music therapy

Keyword(s): Music ; self concept; music therapy; phenomenology

Zurück | Weiter