The biology of musical performance and performance-related injury
By: Alan H. D. Watson.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9780810863583; 9780810863590; 9780810863750
Subjects: Music -- Performance -- Physiological aspects; Music -- Performance -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the tissues of the body; title: Posture and the back in musical performance; title: The shoulder, arm, and hand : their structure and problems; title: Breathing in singing and wind playing; title: The voice : its management and problems; title: The embouchure and wind playing; title: The structure and organisation of the brain; title: How the performance of music affects the brain; title: Hearing and the processing of musical sound by the brain; title: Performance-related stress and its management.