Indirect Procedures A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique,9780198165682

Indirect Procedures A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique

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ISBN13: 9780198165682
ISBN10: 0198165684
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-04-24
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Written by an experienced professional musician and teacher of the Alexander Technique, this volume is the first to deal specifically with the application of the Technique to music-making. Introducing the musician to the principles and procedures evolved by F. M. Alexander (1869-1955), the book contains practical advice related 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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
xv(1)
Abbreviations xvi
Introduction 1(6)
Part I. The Principles 7(72)
1. The Use of the Self
9(16)
2. The Primary Control
25(13)
3. Sensory Awareness and Conception
38(8)
4. Inhibition
46(9)
5. Direction
55(17)
6. Action
72(7)
Part II. The Procedures 79(90)
7. The Lesson
81(9)
8. Breathing
90(10)
9. The Monkey and the Lunge
100(21)
10. The Arms and Hands
121(23)
11. The Whispered `Ah'
144(8)
12. Table Work
152(5)
13. Combined Procedures
157(4)
14. Working on Yourself
161(8)
Part III. The Applications 169(108)
15. Technique
171(7)
16. Daily Practice
178(25)
17. Aesthetic Judgements
203(13)
18. Norms and Deviations
216(13)
19. Delayed Continuity
229(6)
20. Variables and Constants
235(9)
21. The Trampoline
244(5)
22. Imitation
249(8)
23. Stage Fright
257(14)
Conclusions
271(6)
APPENDICES 277(12)
A. The Medical Perspective 277(2)
B. Questions and Answers 279(4)
C. F.M. Alexander: A Biographical Sketch 283(3)
D. My Pantheon 286(3)
Notes 289(12)
Bibliography 301(4)
Index 305

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