A guide to playing healing music at the bedside by Stella Benson, CMP.

This guide is for anyone who wants to play live music to the ailing at the bedside. This book takes the reader into the world of comfort care. It illustrates what musical instruments are appropriate. It suggests how to use the major principles of music: rhythm, harmony and melody. It tells how music affects the body in five basic ways, both physiological and psychological.

Expectations and behavior in the sickroom are highlighted, as well as simple communication skills in assessing patient needs. The reader will learn how music can address those suffering from pain and anxiety. For the more ambitious reader, simple modal music theory is illustrated for improvisation with exercises. Nine examples from the three music strains are included.

Stella Benson is a Certified Music Practitioner, Certified Harp Practitioner, composer and recording artist, and has played healing music for hundreds of patients in clinical and private settings. Her speciality is with the terminally ill.

Chapter Headings

• What is Healing Music?
• Humanizing the Therapeutic Musician
• Assessments, Reporting & Self Care
• Sickroom Protocol
• Instruments and Voice
• Applying Music at the Bedside
• For Whom to Play & Where
• Modal Music for the More Advanced
• Scored Music of the Three Musical Strains

Spiral bound, 220 pages, softcover.

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