Interpretation and Investigation of Musical Attitudes in Music Therapy among Teacher Training Students
Interpretation and Investigation of Musical Attitudes in Music Therapy among Teacher Training Students

Summary/Abstract: In this study, we examine elements of the relationship towards music in terms of music therapy among teacher training students. We analyze this through considerations of musical intensity and activity, various music-related experiences and our perception of surrounding sounds. In the theoretical background and in the interpretation of the results we look at different points relating to therapy and pedagogy. A self-developed questionnaire was used in the methodology. Students had to mark the most characteristic form of musical intensity and activity, musical experience, and the surrounding sound world in pre-defined response categories. Our personal sample came from students specializing in music and natural sciences. According to the results, the characteristics of the depth musical attitudes – in terms of musical intensity and activity, musical experience and management of the surrounding sound world – appeared in balanced proportions, both for the musicians and for the real students groups. Our results support the music therapy theory that states that music therapy offers musical activities to participants in a different mode and form, with a wider set of tools and sounds, in more complex ways than music pedagogy or if we simply enjoy the arts. And it teaches broader interpretations of musical experiences through one’s personal life.

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