Description
Identify the elemental, structural, and stylistic characteristics of music from various periods and cultures.
Alternative labels
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
cross-sector
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Identify characteristics of music is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Musical conductor: Musical conductors lead ensembles of musicians directing them during rehersals and helping them atteining their best performance. They can work with a variety of ensembles such as choirs and orchestras. Musical conductors adjust the tempo (speed), rhythm, dynamics (loud or soft) and articulation (smooth or detached) of the music using gestures and sometimes dancing to motivate the musicians to play according to the music sheet.
Music therapist: Music therapists use music-therapeutic interventions to treat patients with behavioural disorders and pathogenic conditions to prevent, mitigate or eliminate symptoms and to change behaviours and attitudes requiring treatment. They promote and maintain or restore the development, maturity and health of the patient/client by music-therapeutic interventions. Music therapy especially provides help for people with with emotional, somatic, intellectually or socially induced behavioural disorders and pathogenic conditions, such as psychoses (schizophrenic disorders, bipolar disorders) and personality development disorders.
Optional skill
Identify characteristics of music is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
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