Comparison of the music therapy coding scheme with the music therapy checklist

The Music Therapy Checklist is useful for music therapists to monitor and evaluate the music therapeutic process. A list of different types of behaviors were selected based on results derived from applying the Music Therapy Coding Scheme. The use of a checklist to code the events with a recording method based on 1-min. intervals allows observation without data-processing systems and drastically reduces coding time. At the same time, the checklist tags the main factors in musical interaction. © Psychological Reports 2007.