Title: Indirect procedures : a musician's guide to the Alexander Technique /
Authors: Alcantara, Pedro de, 1958-
Publisher: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Musicians Health and hygiene.; Alexander technique.; Stress, Psychological prevention & control; Cumulative Trauma Disorders prevention & control; Exercise Therapy; Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; Music; Relaxation Therapy
Abstract: "The Technique can be applied to all areas of musical activity, from instrumental and vocal technique, sound production and interpretation, to daily practice, rehearsal routines, and the mitigating of stage fright and other health problems."--Cover.
Contents: pt. I. The principles -- 1. The use of the self -- 2. The primary control -- 3. Sensory awareness and conception -- 4. Inhibition -- 5. Direction -- 6. Action -- pt. II. The procedures -- 7. The lesson -- 8. Breathing -- 9. The monkey and the lunge -- 10. The arms and hands -- 11. The whispered 'ah' -- 12. Table work -- 13. Combined procedures -- 14. Working on yourself -- pt. III. The applications -- 15. Technique -- 16. Daily practice -- 17. Aesthetic judgements -- 18. Norms and deviations -- 19. Delayed continuity -- 20. Variables and constants -- 21. The trampoline -- 22. Imitation -- 23. Stage fright.