JPH11319101A - Musical therapy - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate physical rehabilitation together with mental treatment by displaying the lyrics of a musical composition on a screen, coloring musical notes and making everyone judge the sound and color of each share and ring a bell. SOLUTION: Senile dementia persons who are players are grouped and the sounds of which they respectively take the partial charge are allocated. The bells to which the respectively different colors are attached for the respective sounds beforehand are used and everyone is made to wear the gloves of the color allocated to the sound to take the charge. For the using musical composition, the lyrics for each measure are projected on a video screen, the lyrics are displayed in the different colors corresponding to chord constitution for each measure and the time to ring the bell is notified to the players in partial charge of the respective colors. One screen recorded on a video tape is indicated and the lyrics 2 are displayed in the color allocated to a chord within the screen of a background image 1 matched with the composition. When the respective colors are displayed, the players to whom the colors are allocated ring the bells.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to music therapy, especially for the elderly with dementia, and to videos and accessories used therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A method of treating elderly people with dementia, particularly Alzheimer-type dementia, by using a handbell to make a sound in synchronization with music is known. This is to ring the bell at the place determined by each person or group, and to play one song together, create a sense of solidarity for everyone to enjoy,
Each person rings a bell at a designated place, so that he or she can concentrate and is attracting attention as an effective treatment.

[0003]

However, it is difficult for an elderly person to quickly judge where to ring a bell or where his / her share was.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention provides a method of displaying the lyrics of a musical piece on a screen, coloring notes, and judging from the sounds and colors assigned to each person, so that it is possible to know the place where the bell rings. By doing so, elderly people with dementia can enjoy it easily and have a sense of success.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the music treatment method for the elderly with dementia according to the present invention, first, elderly persons with dementia who are performers are divided into groups, and sounds assigned to the respective persons are allocated. Bells may be colored differently for each sound in advance, or may be distinguished by attaching color tape to uncolored ones, or wearing gloves assigned to the sound assigned to each person. Let it fit.

[0006] In the music to be used, the lyrics for each measure are displayed on the video image screen, and the lyrics are displayed for each measure in different colors according to the chord composition. Notify when the bell rings. Further, the color of the next bar which has not yet appeared on the screen is displayed in advance. Therefore, the next person who rings the bell can stand by.

FIG. 1 shows one screen recorded on a video tape. Lyrics 2 are displayed in the color assigned to the chord on the screen of the appropriate background image 1 according to the music. Further, a part of this screen is provided with a notice display part 3 of a color to be used for the next bar. In addition, colors (sounds) used in the music are displayed on the initial video screen so that they can be prepared in advance.

When each color is displayed, the player assigned to that color rings a bell. Depending on the level of the therapist, it is also possible to display two colors and sound two bells at the same time. The song may be sung without ringing the bell, or may be sung with the bell.

In addition to the intellectual treatment described above, he teaches how to swing the bell as a physical rehabilitation. Hold the bell's morning glory face upwards, stretch your arms forward and make the bell stick out, ring the bell lower, raise it up finely, and beat it with a beat .

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, music can be easily enjoyed even by elderly people with dementia by using an image in which a bell and a chord are displayed in color and further using colored gloves.
In addition, everyone has the pleasure and success of creating one song, and the concentration of the sound is restored because it is assigned to a specific place. In addition to this, it is easy for the helper to assist the performer because the color of the performer can be recognized by the color gloves and the image can be identified by the color.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a video screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 background picture 2 lyrics 3 notice display section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Divided performers such as elderly people with dementia into color-coded groups, assigned bells color-coded according to the chord structure, and displayed lyrics on the video screen in the assigned color corresponding to the chord of one bar of the music. Music therapy in which the performers ring the bell at the lyrics position of the color assigned to them. 2. The music therapy according to claim 1, wherein the performers are divided into groups by wearing colored gloves. 3. The music therapy according to claim 1, wherein a color corresponding to the chord of the next bar is displayed on the video screen in advance.