Procter, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0221-7268 (2016) Playing with Distinction? Music Therapy and the Affordances of Improvisation. Music and Arts in Action, 5 (1). pp. 52-69.

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Abstract

In the United Kingdom (UK), improvisation seems to be regarded as central to, and even definitional of, the practice of music therapy. This article considers reasons why improvisation might be professionally prized in this way but also turns to Tia DeNora's (2003) notion of musical affordance to consider what in practical terms improvisation may have to offer within music therapy practice, focusing on two vignettes from a mental health environment.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music M Music and Books on Music > MT Musical instruction and study > MT0040-67 Composition. Elements and techniques of music R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
School/Department:	School of the Arts
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/11059

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