23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

A Scientific Research is being carried on in order to test
the results in Music Therapy obtained on deep-deaf and
deaf children with associated disorders, diagnosed and
prothesied within the first 18 months of life.
Methodological criteria or my way of proceeding in
music therapy:
1) Knowledge of the physical phenomena
concerning the perception of the sound-waves in the
human being.
a) Sound is relationship.
b) Sound is a complex phenomenon as a result of
fundamental
overtones.
pitch and other vibrations called
c) Sound includes Timbre, Length, Intensity and
Duration.
d) The duration of the sound must be considered by
the relationship beteen Silence-Sound-Silence.
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e) The sound, besides being relation in itself,
because its components are never separable (Timbre,
Length, Instensity and Duration), it is relationship in the
widest meaning.
2) The Resonance phenomenon is the way by which
any perception is possible.
3) The Resonance phenomenon is considered in
relation with the bodily perception,
perception and the use of hearing-aid.
the hearing
4) The deaf child perceives the sound (fundamental
tones and overtones) in a very natural way, thus tuning
his voice and opening himself to the verbal
communication.
5) The Musical Improvisation is the best way to
understand every little communicating hint coming from
the child.
6) The Method can be expressed by the word
"Eurythmy", meant as the relationship between music-