Monochrome stringed instruments are playing an increasingly important role in human healing.
The specific sounds have a strong salutogenic effect and are used successfully in pain medicine
neurology neonatology hospice care psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine among others. This
collection of essays takes this diversity into account. Experienced music therapists from
Austria Germany and Switzerland present their extensive knowledge of the body tambura
monochord and body monochord. Insights into new areas such as prevention research and the use
of the concert monochord in child and adolescent psychiatry stand alongside in-depth
examinations of trance and mystical experiences as well as experiences from the field of
psychiatry addiction treatment and palliative care.
