{"id":12546,"date":"2019-05-19T19:46:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T19:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.kalimba.top\/?p=237"},"modified":"2026-08-21T00:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:20:52","slug":"kalimba-en-musicotherapie-instruments-sante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/kalimba-en-musicotherapie-instruments-sante\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Kalimba in music therapy - Musical instruments and therapies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The use of the kalimba in music therapy has already proved its worth. The kalimba is a small instrument with many attributes that bring happiness and satisfaction. Its soothing tones transport us back to our youth and immerse us in perfect harmony. The kalimba in music therapy not only has a great influence on the cerebral level, but also has physical benefits.<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Kalimba\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

What is music therapy?<\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t

Music therapy is a form of expressive arts therapy in which music is used to promote and maintain an individual's physical, psychological and social well-being. It encompasses a wide range of activities, including listening to music, singing and playing an instrument. Music therapy is constantly adopting new music, techniques and instruments to offer therapeutic options to a growing variety of specific populations.<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Who is music therapy for?<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\tMusic therapy can help a wide range of people with diverse characteristics. These include children, adolescents, adults and the elderly suffering from emotional disorders, developmental and learning disabilities, Alzheimer's disease and other age-related conditions, substance abuse problems, brain injuries, physical disabilities and acute and chronic pain, including pregnant women.\t\t\n\t\t\t

Using kalimba in music therapy<\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Kalimba\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t

While sedation and medication can be used to reduce hypertension, music therapy practices offer a more natural and holistic option.<\/p>

The kalimba and sansula have recently been used in music therapy interventions such as active music creation, relaxation exercises and individual or group musical performances. The kalimba is used by music therapists to improve communication, strengthen group cohesion, stimulate creativity through spontaneous musical creation and express oneself in new ways.<\/p>

The music therapy kalimba and sansula have demonstrated excellent results in group and individual sessions with people suffering from traumatic brain injury. Although brain injuries affect all degrees of functioning, these instruments are suitable for all levels of ability and are simple to play while strengthening gross and fine motor skills.<\/p>

Psychologists emphasize the importance of bilateral development, or the development of both sides of the brain, in children's cerebral development. Our right brain governs our left side and is responsible for our intuition, originality, ingenuity and lateral thinking. We're forced to use our right brain because we have to compose tunes on the kalimba with both hands. There aren't many hobbies that allow us to do this in our modern lives.<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

How is the kalimba used in music therapy?<\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Kalimba relaxation<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t

Patients in a group play the kalimba in sequence to build chord progressions. Patients line up to play with the therapist, who specifies the chord changes. Guitar, piano and other instruments provide pleasant accompaniment.<\/p>\n

The soothing sound of the kalimba contributes to relaxation. The kalimba is placed on each part of the body mentioned by the therapist for progressive muscle relaxation, so that the client concentrates on the area to be relaxed. It is advisable to use a music therapy kalimba on a plate in this case, as the vibrations will travel more freely through the body.<\/p>\n

Another way to relax is vibro-tactile massage, which can be performed (with the patient's consent) by placing the kalimba on the client's back and playing gently as the vibrations massage the spine and surrounding muscles. The kalimba in music therapy is simple to use and enables relaxation exercises to be performed without interfering with acoustic quality.<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Expressing yourself with the Kalimba<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\tThe kalimba in music therapy<\/a> peut \u00eatre jou\u00e9 avec divers instruments lors de s\u00e9ances priv\u00e9es. En l’absence de mots, la musique est utilis\u00e9e pour d\u00e9crire des pens\u00e9es et des sentiments. La technique th\u00e9rapeutique de la \u00ab\u00a0conversation au kalimba\u00a0\u00bb favorise l’atteinte des objectifs par \u00e9tapes : pendant qu’une personne joue, une autre \u00e9coute, puis les participants passent \u00e0 la s\u00e9quence non verbale de la musique.\nDans le \u00ab\u00a0Kalimba Mirroring\u00a0\u00bb, une personne joue une br\u00e8ve phrase m\u00e9lodique et l’autre r\u00e9pond en imitant la phrase ; les joueurs \u00e9changent ensuite leurs chefs.\t\t\n\t\t\n\n

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L’utilisation du kalimba en musicoth\u00e9rapie a d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait ses preuves. La kalimba est un petit instrument aux nombreux attributs qui procurent bonheur et satisfaction. Ses sonorit\u00e9s apaisantes nous transportent dans notre jeunesse et nous plongent dans une harmonie parfaite. La kalimba en musicoth\u00e9rapie a non seulement une grande influence sur le plan c\u00e9r\u00e9bral, mais elle […]\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kalimba-instrument-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25843,"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12546\/revisions\/25843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekalimba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}