Format:
Online-Ressource (272 p)
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Edition:
1st American paperback ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1843107716
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9781846424625
Content:
Music is well known to have a significant effect on physiology and is widely used as an effective therapeutic tool in stress and pain management, rehabilitation, and behavior modification, but its effects are not well understood. This book explains what ''music'' is, how it is processed by and affects the body, and how it can be applied in a range of physiological and psychological conditions. Rhythm, melody, timbre, harmony, dynamics, and form, and their effects on the body are explored in detail, helping practitioners create effective therapy interventions that complement other treatment sys
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-262) and indexes
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COVER; The Music Effect; Contents; Foreword; Prelude; Chapter 1Introduction; Back to basics; Sensory information-processing intended to maintain theinternal environment of the body; The paradigm; Why music?; Chapter 2What Is This Thing Called "Music"?; Introduction; Putting music in proper perspective; A definition of music; Levels of organization of the controlled music system; Sonic energy and the body; Chapter 3Principles of Physicsand the Elements of Music; Introduction; Energy and the physics of reality; Energy vibrates; Recurring events as the essence of all reality
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Further quantification of energy"Forcing" the issue; Conversion of sensory inputs into digitized information; Energy as a life force; Chapter 4Principles of Physiologyand the Elements of SensoryInformation-processing; Introduction; Attributes of living systems; Feedback control paradigm for the physiologicalprocessing of sensory information; Gestalt laws governing the perceptual organization ofsensory information; Limitations to the processing of sensory information; Hierarchy of information-processing channels in the CNS
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Chapter 5Fear and the Instinct for Survival:What Happens Whenthe Set-points Go Awry?Introduction; What is different and what is the same?; Fundamental human drives and the physiology of fear; The physiological response to stress; Physiological accommodation; Caught in the fear spiral; To change, or not to change?; The role of music therapy; Chapter 6Physiological Entrainment; Introduction; Entrainment through the nervous system; Entrainment through stimulation or inhibition ofgenetic material; Entrainment through biochemical catalysis
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Entrainment through biasing of information-processingnetworksEntrainment through the transport and utilizationof energy; Music as therapeutic, or music as therapy?; Chapter 7Rhythm in Music and Physiology; Introduction; What is this thing called "rhythm"?; The three "P"s of rhythm; Summary; Chapter 8Melody: The Pitchof Human Emotion; Introduction; What is this thing called "melody"?; Pitch: the music ladder; Pitch and the act of hearing; Prosody, phrase, and profile; Perception of melody; Synesthesia: hearing, seeing, tasting, and feeling sound; Auditory scanning and tracking
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Melody in therapyCross-sensory processing of pitch and melody: clinicalconsiderations; Chapter 9Timbre, Harmony, and Dynamics:Adding Richness and Depthto Rhythm and Melody; Introduction; Timbre: the texture of a note; Timbre and the voice; Sound perceived: timbre interpreted; Harmony: general considerations; Harmony: changing moods and changing colors; Harmony: dimensional hearing and auditoryfigure-ground; Dynamics: expression of attitudes and emotions; Chapter 10Form: Creating Aesthetic Wholeness; Introduction; Making the whole greater than its parts; Music elements in form and therapy
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Chapter 11Nature Expressed Through Nurture
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843107712
Additional Edition:
Print version The Music Effect : Music Physiology and Clinical Applications
Language:
English
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