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The Feldenkrais Method for Instrumentalists
A Guide to Awareness through Movement
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2023
Summary
Every musician is an athlete. Athletes hone their bodies, coordinate their reflexes, and train their minds seeking to perfect a balance of strength, skills, and agility. Complicated, demanding, and repetitious movements often result in unnatural and difficult positions which put instrumentalists at risk of injury. However, when movement and task are coordinated well and freely, the athlete-instrumentalist finds themselves in “the zone” or “the flow,” a magical place where art and athleticism meet.
The Feldenkrais Method is a movement-based self-discovery processthat aims for performance with minimum effort and maximum efficiency, thus reducing the chance of injury and even helping speed up recovery time from an injury. Samuel H. Nelson and Elizabeth Blades provide a guide to the Feldenkrais Method tailored specifically for instrumentalists. The book includes many “Awareness Through Movement” activities and lessons as well as case studies and examples specific to different instrument types.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-8258-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-8260-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
208
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Acknowledgments No access
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CHAPTER 1. Overview No access Pages 1 - 10
CHAPTER 2. Self-Image and Kinesthetic Imagination No access Pages 11 - 26
CHAPTER 3. Physics of Easy Movement No access Pages 27 - 36
CHAPTER 4. Neuroplasticity No access Pages 37 - 46
CHAPTER 5. The Cost of Choice, Intention, and the Power of Habit No access Pages 47 - 52
CHAPTER 6. The Base of Support No access Pages 53 - 62
