Playing with Distinction? Music Therapy and the Affordances of Improvisation

dc.contributor.author	Procter, Simon
dc.date.accessioned	2017-10-16T13:37:13Z
dc.date.issued	2016-03-15
dc.description.abstract	In the United Kingdom (UK), improvisation seems to be regarded as central to, and even defnitional of, the practice of music therapy. This article considers reasons why improvisation might be professionally prized in this way but also turns to Tia DeNora's (2003) notion of musical afordance to consider what in practical terms improvisation may have to ofer within music therapy practice, focusing on two vignettes from a mental health environment.	en_GB
dc.identifier.citation	Vol. 5 (1), pp. 52-69	en_GB
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10871/29851
dc.language.iso	en	en_GB
dc.publisher	University of Exeter	en_GB
dc.relation.url	http://www.musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/maia/article/view/improvmusictherapy	en_GB
dc.rights	© Music and Arts in Action 2016	en_GB
dc.subject	improvisation	en_GB
dc.subject	music therapy	en_GB
dc.subject	affordance	en_GB
dc.subject	profession	en_GB
dc.subject	distinction	en_GB
dc.title	Playing with Distinction? Music Therapy and the Affordances of Improvisation	en_GB
dc.type	Article	en_GB
dc.date.available	2017-10-16T13:37:13Z
dc.identifier.issn	1754-7105
dc.description	This is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the link in this record.	en_GB
dc.identifier.journal	Music and Arts in Action	en_GB