Graphic notation as a tool in describing and analyzing music therapy improvisations

Journal/Book: Music Therapy. 1993; 12: 40-58.

Abstract: Presents a method of graphic notation (aural scores) that facilitates memorizing and analyzing improvised music therapy processes. Graphic notation can represent aspects of music not captured by conventional music notation. Creating a notation can clarify the therapist's own perception of the music and its clinical interpretation, providing insight into the therapeutic process and assisting in decision-making. A method of training music therapy students in creating these notations is outlined, and an elaborate example of a notation is shown for music taken from a well-known clinical recording from P. Nordoff and C. Robbins's (1977) text, along with students' examples.

Note: graphic notation for facilitation of memorization & analysis of improvised music therapy processes

Keyword(s): Music therapy; graphical displays; therapeutic processes

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