PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL COMPOSITION II
CRAFTING INSTRUMENTAL EXPERIENCES FOR MUSIC THERAPY
V. writing about your composition
Now that you have completed your composition, read the questions below and create a brief written description on the Digital worksheet including the following information:
- For whom, specifically, have you written the music? Include whether for individual or client group, age(s), therapy needs, etc.
- How have you intentionally incorporated musical elements to construct a motivating and clinically effective experience? This can include your choice of tonality, particular construction of chords, melodic direction, setting of instruments, and compositional strategies, etc.
- Provide guidelines as to how you anticipate the music could be used in a therapy session.