This weeks first blog assignment was to give our classmates questions regarding their research topic and final presentation ideas. Wade and Sayf both came up with very interesting questions that made me dig and investigate further into the details of music therapy.
One thing that stuck out the most was when I was questioned about different types of instruments used during therapy sessions. It was cool learn about the common ones, which include mostly percussion instruments, such as maracas, tambourines, and djembe drums. This is due to their easy usage and ability to be used by both the recipient and instructor. Another common instrument is a guitar/ukulele. This is more so applied to anxiety patients since the therapist has the potential of relieving any stress.
Another question was, is there anything that proves music therapy is a real thing? Now obviously it's real since it's a profession, but whether or not it works is very dependent on the patient and the techniques used. It's shown that in 90% of cases, pain is reduced. As for the other 10%, there is a wide variety of things that could've caused the therapy to not work. If the patient was not open to the option, and even if they weren't interested in the specific instrument or genre of music being used on them, it is common for this failure rate to increase.
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