Patterns of melody, pitch, rhythm, tempo and dynamics all demand a preciseness. All the senses bring to us aspects of reality. Music can be read, heard and felt. Music's reality and structure make it a valuable therapeutic medium. The performance of music usually brings a sense of gratification, feelings of accomplishment and mastery.
Music has order and predictability and both are essential for competence.
The effects of music are strongest in the group, particularly the peer group Music by its bery nature draws people together for the purpose of intimate yet ordered function. Music provides a gestalt of sensory, motor, emotional and social components in which the participants concur for the most part. It unifies the group for common action and it is this setting that elicts or changes many extramusical behaviors. Group music leads to desirable ends with a minimum of verbal commands. The unique structure of music is that it exists through time and requires the individual to commit himself to the experience moment by moment.