ABSTRACT
This chapter traces the development of a research idea from the original concept to a two-year project. The similarities between language and music have been observed and discussed for centuries, with literature covering this area found in publications as diverse as neurology, neuropsychology, musical psychology, developmental psychology, musical analysis, speech and language pathology, audiology and education. One of the few examples of detailed examination of linked music and speech brain functions is a paper published in Psychology of Music, by P. Scheid and J. C. Eccles. The music therapy spanned between six and eighteen months, with an initial period of wild, angry attacks on the instruments during which none of the children vocalised. The chapter aims to discover an interaction close to both music therapy and speech and language present in the mainstream population, involving the sounds of two people responding to each other.
