{"title":"A Proposition for the Didactics of Music Therapy Improvisation","authors":"Jaakko Erkkilä","doi":"10.1080/08098130009477982","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Improvisation is one of the most important concepts of music therapy. At the same time it is very complex and qualitative by nature. For this reason, it is somewhat difficult to teach, especially if the audience is expecting the traditional lectures on the topic. During many years of teaching introductory courses of music therapy, the author has developed a method of teaching focusing on in-depth comprehension of the nature of improvisation. This article is based on the lectures given by the author in Sandane, Norway, in November 1998. The article can be seen as an attempt to connect the experiential aspects and the theoretical aspects of improvisation in one \"package \" so that students may deepen their comprehension in a relatively short time even if they do not have too much previous knowledge of music therapy. The basic approach of this article is, broadly speaking, psychodynamic. The theoretical part is based on a three-dimensional model (3D-model) developed by the author. Altogether five observation tasks — visual, musical, free association, polarity profile, and dynamic forms are presented, each of which has a connection with the 3D-model. This method is suitable for teaching purposes in relatively large groups (20-25 persons maximum).","PeriodicalId":101579,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk Tidsskrift for Musikkterapi","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nordisk Tidsskrift for Musikkterapi","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08098130009477982","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Improvisation is one of the most important concepts of music therapy. At the same time it is very complex and qualitative by nature. For this reason, it is somewhat difficult to teach, especially if the audience is expecting the traditional lectures on the topic. During many years of teaching introductory courses of music therapy, the author has developed a method of teaching focusing on in-depth comprehension of the nature of improvisation. This article is based on the lectures given by the author in Sandane, Norway, in November 1998. The article can be seen as an attempt to connect the experiential aspects and the theoretical aspects of improvisation in one "package " so that students may deepen their comprehension in a relatively short time even if they do not have too much previous knowledge of music therapy. The basic approach of this article is, broadly speaking, psychodynamic. The theoretical part is based on a three-dimensional model (3D-model) developed by the author. Altogether five observation tasks — visual, musical, free association, polarity profile, and dynamic forms are presented, each of which has a connection with the 3D-model. This method is suitable for teaching purposes in relatively large groups (20-25 persons maximum).