ABSTRACT
This chapter concentrates on the early stages of observational and aural learning in music therapy training, and develops a rationale for its importance. The approaches described are by nature rather general, preparing students to begin their clinical studies in one of a variety of placement settings. As students become more attuned and alert to the overall process of music therapy, their work becomes more patient-specific and thus more specialised observation based on the pathology of particular client groups is needed. This chapter however will be confined to the first stage of work.
