Music, communication and medicine

Journal/Book: Royal Society of Medicine. 1989; 82: 743-746.

Abstract: Rhythm provides the unifying context for communication which enables healing to take place. Our bodies are continually involved in a process of communication out of the range of awareness. For communication to take place there has to be an element of predictability by which events are structured, this is usually a matrix of time and is manifested as particular rhythms. The forces which bind us together as human beings are musical, rhythmic contexts of shared interaction; within the individual as a self-synchrony, and within relationships as interactional synchrony. Improvised music therapy is a powerful tool for promoting communication in terms of personal and interpersonal integration. Alternative creative dialogues may be encouraged within the person such that they are not estranged within themselves, or estranged from others. Clinicians, no matter what their background, may be advised to attend to the musical components of their communication.

Keyword(s): communication, music, medicine.

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