Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

3. (Upper left quadrant) In a SMMA analysis, in mood analysis and intensity
profiles
4. (Upper right quadrant) In the phenomenological description of the image
potential.
Dynamics of experience are explored through the use of ‚intensity profiles’. Event
structure analysis is used to correlate imagery and music in fine temporal details.
The procedures of the specific methods are explained from section to section.
8.3 Analysis of the interrelationship of music and imagery
The relationship between music and imagery will be subject to qualitative analysis in
three separate analyses (chapters 8.3.1, 8.3.2 and 8.3.3). The methodology will be
described in detail in each of the chapters.
8.3.1 Analysis I: Brahms Violin Concerto, Bach Concerto for 2 violins, slow
movements
8.3.1.1 Heuristic Music Analysis: Music, Image potential and Client imagery in
Brahms: Violin Concerto, 2. movement
All music selections from GIM programs are included in the database “‘GIM
Selections“ (Bonde 2002, the database is included on the cd-rom) with data on the
recording and the work, often including short characterizations by Helen Bonny or
other programmers. The Brahms movement is described as "Pure, intense, romantic".
However true this is, it does not give sufficient information about the music and its
therapeutic potential. A more comprehensive description can be found in Grocke
(2002, p. 117): “There is a classic structure to the music, with first and second themes,
a development section, and a recapitulation. “It gives a soaring quality, a quality of
peacefulness and rest, but also if an individual is ready for it, a peak experience”
(Bonny 1996). The second melody introduces a new aspect to the music, as if to offer
a question and an answer. There is anguish, intensity, and strength in the violin part,
as it soars throughout this section, building emotion and intensity in a dramatic and
decorative way. The ending is particularly beautiful as the horns and woodwinds hold
a long chord, and the violin has the final say.”
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