Music and the mind

Abstract

The power of music and rhythm, known and exploited since ancient times, when it was connected with magic and rituals, will be developed to fill therapeutic aims and also conditioning objectives. The effects of sound and music may often be favourable, but may also be harmful. The study of rhythm and melody allows us to consider psychopedagogic and therapeutic repercussions. Modern research shows psychology of music in a different light: Music, sound and musical space; Music and time; Music, sleep and dreams; Actual body experiences of music and somatic components of musical emotion. Men are musical beings... their listening to music is always creative. The music instruments they built are a projection and an extension of the human body. But the mechanism of musical creation remains a mystery. Such remarks, and the study of the patient's psychomusical personality lead to medical care plannings including music therapy.