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Music therapy is a newly emerging science in Turkey. Music was first used in music therapy by primitive tribes to cure diseases, which they called evil spirits, according to their beliefs, and, later on, came to be used in clinical setting as a field of science. Clinical studies show that there is no specific method to choose music or determine how to use it, and it is known that the music is chosen by therapists depending on their application. This paper aims at analyzing the music used in music therapy. Accordingly, the problem of this paper has been designated as the contents of musical practices included in academic studies on music therapy and how these practices are implemented, and opinions of music therapy specialists on the matter. Descriptive pattern was used as the mixed research method of this paper. According to the mixed method, quantitative data was used to solve some of the questions and qualitative data was used in other questions traced in this paper. Population of the study consists of all publications that contain Applied Music therapy studies published in Turkey to identify quantitative data, and sample group of the paper consists of all articles and theses. The articles and theses used to collect the quantitative data of the paper were identified using keywords related to music therapy. An expert opinion form was prepared by the researcher and presented to five experts in the field to describe the current situation concerning the qualitative data of the paper. Data obtained in the study shows that mode music is preferred in the Music Therapy Practices in Turkey, and the maximum duration of a therapy sessions is 60 minutes. Active music therapy accompanies passive music therapy and mode music is played in authentic instruments. Music is used once before and once after surgery in some of the applications and throughout a certain week in others. According to the findings obtained from expert opinions, music is selected by the client or the therapist, and the client needs to evaluate their own musical history during the therapy and passive or active music therapy is chosen based on patient status. |
