Musical media includes voice, body sound, percussion, and string, wind, and keyboard instruments.
Systematic means that music therapy is "purposeful, organized, methodical, knowledge-based, and regulated" (Bruscia 1998).
There are four basic types of music experiences, or methods, in which a client may be engaged: listening, re-creating, composition, and improvisation.
Reflecting is a technique in which the music therapist expresses the same moods or feelings which have been presented by the client.
Rhythmic grounding is implemented by establishing a steady beat or rhythm, supporting the client's improvisation.
For example, the music therapist can preserve a flexible session flow by incorporating several methods, such as imitating, accompanying, dialoguing, and rhythmic grounding.
These benefits can span from reducing anxiety and stress to improving communication and behavioral attention problems in younger adults/children.
This is due to the proposed idea that musical therapy with improvisation links the unconscious and the conscious brain, promoting social and creative interaction.
[1] Many believe that it is a useful tool used to connected on a deeper level with patients in order to bring out these characteristics and benefits within themselves.
Improvisation is a fun way to challenge the psyche of individuals and it shows to have very good results in promoting healthy benefits later on down the road.