Indirect Procedures A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique

Name: Indirect Procedures A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique
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ISBN: 9780198165699

ISBN-10: 0198165692

ISBN-13: 9780198165699

Edition: 1996

Authors: Pedro de Alcantara

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The problems of a musician may have many causes and many possible solutions. While working conditions, stress, and instrument and furniture design are all significant factors, the most important aspect of a musician's life remains not what is done to them, but what they do to themselves. F.M. Alexander (1869-1955) saw the individual as a whole, and talked not of `the body' but of `the self' not of `posture', but of `use'. The aim of his technique is not to teach you to do what is right, but to help you stop doing what is wrong, through a series of practical procedures which awaken your awareness and allow you to develop your innate potential. The Alexander Technique applies to all areas of…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/24/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Pedro de Alcantara is a Brazilian musician who lives in Paris and travels the world teaching the Alexander Technique, a method that improves habits of movement and thought in everyday activities. His first novel for young readers,Befiddled, is available from Yearling. From the Hardcover edition.



Acknowledgements


Foreword


Preface


Abbreviations


Introduaton



The Principles



The Use of the Self



The Primary Control



Sensory Awareness and Conception



Inhibition



Direction



Action



The Procedures



The Lesson



Breathing



The Monkey and the Lunge



The Arms and Hands



The Whispered 'Ah'



Table Work



Working on Yourself



The Applications



Technique



Daily Practice



Aesthetic Judgements



Norms and Deviations



Delayed Continuity



Variables and Constants



The Trampoline



Imitation



Stage Fright


Conclusions



The Medical Perspective



Questions and Answers



F. M. Alexander: a Biographical Sketch



My Pantheon


Notes


Bibliography


Index