Indirect procedures: a musician's guide to the Alexander technique
A musician's life is filled with many stressful situations: passing auditions, rehearsing and performing with difficult partners, sitting for long hours in uncomfortable chairs, going on stage to face audiences large and small, who may or may not be receptive to the performance they are presented. And yet many musicians are able to surmount these looming obstacles with grace and balance, to find satisfaction and artistry in their music and build productive and lasting careers. Indirect Procedur…
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- Full title :Indirect procedures : a musician's guide to the Alexander technique / Pedro de Alcantara.
Summary
A musician's life is filled with many stressful situations: passing auditions, rehearsing and performing with difficult partners, sitting for long hours in uncomfortable chairs, going on stage to face audiences large and small, who may or may not be receptive to the performance they are presented. And yet many musicians are able to surmount these looming obstacles with grace and balance, to find satisfaction and artistry in their music and build productive and lasting careers. Indirect Procedures will guide you around these obstacles and along that path to becoming a balanced and successful musician.
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- Publication Date:2013
- Edition:Second edition
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 251 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780195388596, 0195388593, 9780195388602, 0195388607
- oclc:ocn815835264
- LC Classification:RC965.P46
- Dewey Decimal:615.8/2
Table of Contents
1. The principles. The use of the self ; The primary control : head, neck, back ; Sensory awareness and conception ; Inhibition and non-doing ; Direction ; Action -- 2. The procedures. The learning experience ; The monkey and the lunge : back, pelvis, legs, feet ; Reaching out : shoulders, arms, hands, fingers ; The whispered "ah" : lips, tongue, jaw, breath, voice ; Constructive rest ; Working on yourself -- 3. The applications. Technique ; Aesthetic judgments ; Imitation ; Daily practice ; Integrative practice strategies ; Stage fright.
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