Music therapist uses a wide range of musical instruments in a session. As opposed to many people’s impression of a music therapist who simply ‘pick up a guitar and sing to a group of client’ or ‘turn on the loudspeaker and play classical music tracks’. Music therapy is so much much more than that.
In a music therapy session, instruments ranges from the usual piano and guitar, to tuned percussion like marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, metallophone to untuned percussion like gong, cymbals, wood blocks to a variety of drums. And of course depending on the primary and secondary instruments of each music therapist, instruments varies a lot as well. There are therapist who uses Western instruments as well as any other culture’s instruments as well- bassoon, harp, accordion, double bass, horn, Erhu, zither…..etc..you name it, there must be a therapist who’s using it in their session right now. It all depending on the music therapist as well as the client’s preference, and whether the instruments can achieve the therapeutic goals in a session.
I guess it’s actually more important