Music Therapy Interventions for Improving Fluency Among People Who Stutter

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Re: Music Therapy Techniques

From: Erika Shira
Date: 22 Oct 2008
Time: 19:44:04 -0500
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Hi, great questions. I discussed the specific neurology of this in one of the threads toward the top. Fun stuff! In terms of instruments, sure, we sometimes use melodic instruments as a component of music therapy, but music therapy involves about 90% singing along with accompaniment, so this would be piano or guitar. You can't really accompany yourself singing with violin (and certainly can't do it with a wind instrument!) You're also going to get a lot more neurological input (and therefore more output and more neurological connections created) if you're using big full chords rather than just a melody line.

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