Lec-Dem Music Academy

SYNOPSIS - MUSIC THERAPY

1.Music therapy is An interdisciplinary approach.and part of integrated medicine.When a new discipline is introduced there are some questions we should ask.


1.How does this discipline work ? What are the basic principles ? It works on principles

of ayurveda (thridosha balancing) and yoga.

Is it result oriented or not ? Are there any side effects ? Yes .It is result oriented and there

are no known side effects .

Is this a cost-effective procedure which can be implemented on a mass scale ? yes
2.The basic difference in the principle of Ayurveda and Allopathy medicine


The sound and swara as a dravya having the three guna and balancing of thridosha with it

build up immunity .

No killing of external life forms,only co-existence with them.

Increasing defence by balancing thriguna/thridosha according to the time

./season/day/night

Naada,laya,and yoga principles are incorporated.
Spirituality,physicality,aesthetics,mathematical cosmic order are integrated for physical,mental,intellectual,and spiritual health .But we have to combine the 21st century research methods of allopathy medicine also .

3.Research principles .

To the individual-centered family centered approach we have to include the hospital-based research protocols of Allopathy medicine
Statistics and proper documentation is a must .open approach .Discussions for growth of discipline


5.The physics of Raagachikitsa.
Our receptive sense organ being the ear ,we have to know the physics of hearing.What is good for ear and not.

ATH –Absolute threshold of hearing

S P L –Sound pressure level.

Comparison of dB SPL and distance and origin of sound –(Tables

Above 80-85 decibel is pollution level.So therapy cannot be done above this level.
60-80 is a lecel in a busy office and busy restaurant and most of the modern electronic instruments start from this level.(Can go up .In some traditional instruments can go down also)Usual vocal music is from 20-30 decibel level.30- mother and child in a silent house
20 – forest with rustle of leaves(below 16 and over 20000 are considered inaudible to normal human ear)
10-breath sounds(praanaayama)
0 the silence mouna.It is in silence the yogi hear and see sounds.



6.Four Examples -2 of them hospitalbased. Hospitalbased studies two case histories (personcentered familybased in two age groups ,and in two different situations).


On patients undergoing colonoscopy RCT 78 patients.Oct-2003 to Feb 2004
46 % vocal raagabased
10 % instrumental ragabased
56 %raagabased
Rest bioacoustics(natural sounds)and focal mappilappaattu
Mooladhararaaga majority .73. %
Pain,discomfort and anxiety was less in persons with music .The dose of Drug also less.

On autistic/CP children
Severe cerebral palsy ,brain damage with spasticity.24th Feb 1999(birthdate).Contacted me in 2006.Teacher was giving symphony orchestra.Mother ,a trained classical music singer noticed he responds to classical music and contacted me through a common friend.
In Oct 2009 the boy responds to sapthaswara of Mayamaalavagoula(15th mela).Shouts,make a stop when she stops,when she reach a higher octave he is most active.When she sustains thaarashadja and stress the nishada (sudhanishada)then again go to tharashadja he also makes these notes.
Seeing his improvement now the mother is asked by the teacher to come and help the other children in her school.
Interpretation:-trying to converse with mother musically
Turntaking is being learned.trying to interact with his sounds to the mother that he is recognizing what she communicates musically
First social skill he has learned
Cognition,sign of listening,so slowly brain function is improving .

On alzheimers patients..

On old and young approach is not same.We are trying to rewind memories.The other we are teaching to learn some basic skills.In both role of family is important.In the young the parents ,siblings help.
In the geriatric ,the children,spouse,siblings if they know the musical preferences ,they can help.

On anxiety,blood pressure as pilot projects
On volunteers and clients done.Subjective and objective parameters analysed .Pulse pressure ,difference between systolic and diastolic /Hamiltons anxiety score /significant.The high blood pressures brought down very effectively.Low blood pressures brought to normal,after an initial rise of pressure.

Importance :-for the risk factors of cardiovascular disease,for cerebrovascular strokes,for diabetic complications ,and for professional stress,and domestic stress and for stress related to hospital stay,and cancer chemotherapy etc we can use this.


4.Cosmic time and music .

Chakra ,seasons,ahorathra and raaga . North Indian Thaath and South Indian

Melakartha. Human anatomy according to this division of chakra. (Will show pictures

only .On powerpoint presentation). Bhava and rasa for total laya or layana (merging).


(The presentation done with power point .Demonstration of Subhapanthuvarali raaga ,a composition in Malayalam language was done)