Indirect Procedures: Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique - Hardcover

Alcantara, Pedro De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198165684 ISBN 13: 9780198165682

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

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 awareness and allow development of innate potential. The Alexander Technique applies to all areas of musical activity, from technique, sound production, and interpretation, to daily practice, rehearsal routines, and the mitigating of stage fright and health problems. This text explains the concept of the technique and shows how it can be applied to musicianship.

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"Indirect Procedures provides musicians with their first authoritative overview of the Alexander Technique that is specifically directed to the profession. Alcantara has made a significant and valuable contribution."--Piano & Keyboard "This is one of the most thorough discussions of the Alexander technique to appear in recent years, and the musical component renders it unique. Recommended to all libraries with music collections."--Choice ..".teeming with resources and ideas, ... musicians will appreciate the specificity of its technical tete-a-tete."--Chamber Music "Indirect Procedures provides musicians with their first authoritative overview of the Alexander Technique that is specifically directed to the profession. Alcantara has made a significant and valuable contribution."--Piano & Keyboard "Indirect Procedures provides musicians with their first authoritative overview of the Alexander Technique that is specifically directed to the profession. Alcantara has made a significant and valuable contribution."--Piano & Keyboard "This is one of the most thorough discussions of the Alexander technique to appear in recent years, and the musical component renders it unique. Recommended to all libraries with music collections."--Choice ,.".teeming with resources and ideas, ... musicians will appreciate the specificity of its technical tete-a-tete."--Chamber Music "Indirect Procedures provides musicians with their first authoritative overview of the Alexander Technique that is specifically directed to the profession. Alcantara has made a significant and valuable contribution."--Piano & Keyboard "Indirect Procedures provides musicians with their first authoritative overview of the Alexander Technique that is specifically directed to the profession. Alcantara has made a significant and valuable contribution."--Piano & Keyboard "This is one of the most thorough discussions of the Alexander technique to appear in recent years, and the musical component renders it unique. Recommended to all libraries with music collections."--Choice , .."teeming with resources and ideas, ... musicians will appreciate the specificity of its technical tete-a-tete."--Chamber Music "Indirect Procedures provides musicians with their first authoritative overview of the Alexander Technique that is specifically directed to the profession. Alcantara has made a significant and valuable contribution."--Piano & Keyboard "Indirect Procedures provides musicians with their first authoritative overview of the Alexander Technique that is specifically directed to the profession. Alcantara has made a significant and valuable contribution."--Piano & Keyboard "This is one of the most thorough discussions of the Alexander technique to appear in recent years, and the musical component renders it unique. Recommended to all libraries with music collections."--Choice ,.".teeming with resources and ideas, ... musicians will appreciate the specificity of its technical tete-a-tete."--Chamber Music "Indirect Procedures provides musicians with their first authoritative overview of the Alexander Technique that is specifically directed to the profession. Alcantara has made a significant and valuable contribution."--Piano & Keyboard

About the Author:

Pedro de Alcantara is at French Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0198165684
• ISBN 13: 9780198165682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 330