Songwriting: Methods, Techniques and Clinical Applications for Music Therapy Clinicians, Educators and Students
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1843103567 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This practical book will prove indispensable to students, clinical therapists, music therapists, educators, teachers and musicians.. Particular emphasis is placed on how lyrics and music are created, including the theoretical approaches underpinning this process. All the contributors are experienced music therapy clinicians and researchers. This comprehensive and groundbreaking book describes the effective use of songwriting in music therapy with a variety of client populations, from children with cancer and adolescents in secondary school to people with traumatic brain injury and mental health problems. The authors explain the specific considerations to bear in mind when working with particular client groups to achieve the best clinical outcomes. They provide many case examples from clinical practice to illustrate the therapeutic methods being used, together with notated examples of songs produced in therapy
Brittany Harmon said Helpful tool for music therapist. This was great for me to see the variety of song-writing styles used by a variety of therapists who work with a variety of populations ranging from pediatric hospital settings to brain injury patients. I really like that it is a practical book. The authors show how they apply their techniques to actual sessions. That helps me get a clearer picture. That helped me a lot to see what was actually going on. I have not gone through the whole book yet, but with what I have read so far, I am inspired to go to my sessions and try these ideas out.. "Great." according to Angie. Thank you.
As a methods book, I found it to be efficient, informative and interesting both to the student and to the practicing music therapist, with a refreshing variety of techniques that may enrich the songwriting repertoire of even the most experienced clinician. -- British Journal of Music Therapy Practically oriented, instructive, inclusive and forthright, this book focuses on techniques for writing songs with clients and is geared chiefly toward music therapy clinicians, students and educators. As a music therapist who, like so many others in this field, integrates songwriting in her clinical work, I feel that I derived much theoretical and practical information from Songwriting. -- Nordic Journal of Music Therapy . I considered dipping in and out of chapters but ended up reading from cover to cover. Reading this book undoubtedly strengthens one's confidence in the procedure of songwriting with the client and in its overall effectiveness as
Tony Wigram was Professor and Head of PhD Studies in Music Therapy at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Music at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Reader in Music Therapy at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. He was also Head Music Therapist at the Harper Children's Service in Hertfordshire, UK, and Research Advisor to Hertfordshir