Key Concepts in the Orff Music Therapy. Definitions and Examples

In her second Book on the Orff Music Therapy, Gertrud Orff defines 77 'key concepts' of fundamental importance to an understanding of this multi-sensory therapy. A terminology is created that provides a tangible link to any child in need of therapy and enables the therapist to approach each child by means of an objective understanding of his complex condition. She illustrates her enthusiastic and provocative analysis with practical examples of children she has encountered during her work with music therapy at the Kinderzentrum in Munich. This book will be valuable both to the practising music therapist and to teachers, psychologists and all those interested in the ideas behind the Orff Music Therapy and their practical application.

CONTENIDO:

Introduction

- I Perception
1 Perception
2 Mien
3 Eye-contact
4 Emotion
5 Fascination
6 Elevation
7 Imitation
8 Secondaryimitation
9 Impulse
10 Repetition
11 Dose
12 Memory

- II Provocation
13 Provocation
14 Stimulus
15 Threshold of sensitivity
16 Suspense
17 Challenge
18 Over-challenging
19 Under-challenging
20 Movement
21 Multisensory
22 Association
23 Initiative
24 Tolerance

- III Gestalt
25 Gestalt
26 Chaos
27 Order
28 Ostinato, pattern
29 Stereotype movements
30 Perseveration
31 Practice
32 Rhythm
33 Pre-rhythmic
34 Melody
35 Pre-melodic
36 Interval
37 Harmony

- IV Object
38 Object
39 Rules
40 Structure
41 Unstructured activities
42 Chain
43 Play
44 Spontaneity
45 Decision
46 Anxiety
47 Trust
48 Distance

- V Space - Time
49 Space
50 Limite
51 Time
52 Time-consciousness
53 Growth
54 Newness
55 Emptiness
56 Economy
57 Fullness
58 Surroundings

- VI Language
59 Language
60 Rhyme
61 Consonante
62 Vowels
63 Mutism
64 Echolalia
65 Yes-No responses

- VII Communication
66 Communication
67 ISO-Principie
68 Peripheral
69 Patience
70 Responsibility
71 Need
72 Necessity
73 Acceptance
74 Authority
75 Therapist
76 Cantus-memoria-meditatio
77 Response

Index