The use of music for therapy has been seen to exist for almost as long as the start of therapy itself. At around 400 B.C., Hippocrates, a Greek physician known for his tremendous contributions to modern medicine, was shown to be the first human to use music as a way to therapeutically treat mental patients. Since then, records of other civilizations such as the Egyptians, Arabians, and even the Native Americans show signs of the use of music in medicine. This form of therapy was said to help align
Chapter Two: Literature Review Music Education and Developing Musicality Many researchers have studied the subject of teaching music and methods to increase musical understanding in the elementary and secondary school settings. Many pedagogical developers have presented methods in which they feel are most effective. “Critical pedagogy is not a traditional music-teaching method, as it combines philosophy and pedagogy, theory and practice. Unlike Orff, Kodály, or Dalcroze, there are no specific teaching