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These notes are based on Chapter 7 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 7 focuses on the epistemological foundations of both objectivist and interpretivist research. Hiller, J. (2016). Chapter 7: Epistemological Foundations of Objectivist and Interpretivist Research. In B. Wheeler & K. Mu...

These notes are based on Chapter 3 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to read during the winter semester of their senior year of study. Chapter 3 focuses on how to develop a research topic based on epistemology and ontology, performing a literature review, and more. Darrow, A. (2016). Chapter 3: Developing a Topic. In B. Wheeler & K. Murphy (Eds.), An Introduc...

All undergraduate music students at Eastern Michigan University will at some point take MUSC 413: Orchestration. These were my notes I took for class that I referenced often when making my own musical scores for class. My notes include the score order, the keys and octaves of the many winds and string instruments that might be written into scores, more information about the alto and tenor clefs, string techniques to pay attention to when composing for string instruments (pizzicato, col legno, su...

These notes are based on Chapter 34 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to read in their freshman year of studies. Chapter 34 focuses on medical music therapy for children. Loewy, J. (2014). Chapter 34: Medical Music Therapy for Children. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). Music Therapy Handbook. Guilford Press.

These notes are based on Chapter 37 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", which is a required text for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to read in their freshman year of studies. Chapter 37 focuses on music therapy for end of life (hospice) care. O'Callaghan, C., Forrest, L., & Wen, Y. (2014). Chapter 37: Music Therapy at the End of Life. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). Music Therapy Handbook. Guilford Press.

Notes are based on Chapter 29 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to take in their freshman year of coursework. Chapter 29 focuses on music therapy for older adults, and how it can benefit the treatment of many age-related declines or diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Ridder, H. M. & Wheeler, B. L. (2014). Chapter 29: Music Therapy for Older Adults. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). ...

Notes are based on Chapter 1 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to take in their freshman year of coursework. Chapter 1 focuses on music therapy as a profession in general, the 4 main methods of music therapy, and more general information. American Music Therapy Association. (2024). Home. M. Wheeler, B. L. (2014). Chapter 1: Overview of Music Therapy as a Profession. In B. L. Wheeler (...

Notes based on Chapter 28 of Wheelers' "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to read in their freshman year of studies. Chapter 28 focuses on music therapy in addictions treatment. Murphy, K. M. (2014). Chapter 28: Music Therapy in Addictions Treatment. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). Music Therapy Handbook. Guilford Press.

These notes are on Chapter 22 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to read in their freshman year of studies. Chapter 22 focuses on music therapy with children with intellectual/developmental disabilities. McLaughlin, B. & Adler, R. F. (2014). Chapter 22: Music Therapy for Children with Intellectual Disabilities. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). Music Therapy Handbook. Guilford Press.

These notes are on Chapter 23 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required of all music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to read in their freshman year of undergraduate studies. Chapter 23 focuses on music therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Carpente, J. A. & LaGasse, A. B. (2014). Chapter 23: Music Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). Music Therapy Handbook. Guilford Press.