Throughout history and in all known human cultures, music has been used to promote health and well-being (Gouk, 2000; Horden, 2001). In the Peruvian highland tropical forest, shamans known as
vegetalistas use chanting as a primary tool through which healing takes place. In Ghana, West Africa, drumming accompanies the traditional healing ceremonies of the Ashanti people. Egyptian fres- coes from the fourth millennium b.c. depict the use of music in therapeutic contexts.
