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Authors: ISAC CARMEN ANETA.
From ancient times people have been preoccupied by the magic of sounds. First, they studied the sounds that originated from nature: the wind’s whistle, the water ripple, the fascinating explosion of the thunder, the birds twitter etc. Afterwards, they started to recreate the sounds, they learned to whistle, to “hit” certain objects, and they have created instruments that produce sounds: the pan pipe, the whistle, the violin, the organ etc. Napoleon Bonaparte said that, from all the arts, music has the most direct and powerful influence over the mind, being an integrating part of the human existence. Music therapy has been introduced and promoted by Plato, which used it to restore the health of those surrounding him. This is how music therapy started its “carrier”, but until the 19th century has been considered to be an empiric form of treatment and the doctors had not studied, until then, the curative effect of sounds, harmony and the rhythm of certain melodies in the treatment of certain physical illnesses and especially, psychic illnesses. The work of certain composers as Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Schumann or Chopin has a demonstrated effect in the improvement of panic attacks, internal fatigue, nervousness and stress. All over the world, music is an instrument used by specialists to improve the health and people’s quality of life. The physical exercise must offer the child the good mood and practiced on music will have an even greater influence in the child’s development. The melodic line marks the connection between movement and inter and intra personal intelligence. In the execution of dance steps, the movements have a higher level of difficulty, which is why we have to respect the individual and age particularities. Even if it is about movement games or therapy, they all are based on four methods: the receptive method; the improvisation method; the method of reproducing the sounds; the composition method.
Key words: educating rhythmicity, motive musicality, music therapy
