Abstract

Background: Singing is an essential form of musical behavior across all cultures and has often a health-supporting role. Different song types are important in the course of the human life. In this workshop we concentrate on western European culture.Methods: A literature search with relevant publications from the field of neuroscience, music psychology and music theory is connected with personal experience as singer and music therapist.Content and conclusion: Different song forms are looked closer as for example the lullaby, the love song and the march song. Each song type is connected with specific neuronal aspects concerning emotion regulation and vegetative nervous system. These songs can be health-supporting in everyday life but also in the psychotherapeutic context. In this workshop especially relevant aspects for psychotherapeutic use of singing are enrolled.

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