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Zusatztext INTEGRATED PRACTICE delves deeply into the most fundamental elements of music and connects them to universal aspects of human experience: speech, vibration, clarity of expression and the rhythms inherent in every movement we make...An important addition to every musician's working library. Informationen zum Autor Pedro de Alcantara is a musician, writer, and teacher. His books include Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique, The Alexander Technique: A Skill for Life, and the children's novels Befiddled and Backtracked. He lives in Paris and New York, and he travels the world giving seminars and master classes. Klappentext Integrated Practice proposes a new approach to musicianship, health, and well-being. Containing dozens of exercises and supported by an extensive online library of video and audio clips, Integrated Practice offers tools for instrumentalists, singers, and conductors to use music itself as their guide toward unity and freedom of mind and body. Zusammenfassung Integrated Practice proposes a new approach to musicianship, health, and well-being. Containing dozens of exercises and supported by an extensive online library of video and audio clips, Integrated Practice offers tools for instrumentalists, singers, and conductors to use music itself as their guide toward unity and freedom of mind and body. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Rhythm 1.: Words, Sounds, Gestures 2.: Prosody, or the Secrets of Rhythm 3.: The Grid: A Life Principle 4.: The Metric Grid 5.: Coincidence: Intention and Gesture 6.: Rhythmic Solfège 7.: The Metronome and the Rubato 8.: Superbar Structures 9.: Opposing The Grid 10.: Patterning and Sequencing Part II: Coordination 11.: Connection and Flow: First Principles 12.: The Juggler: A Cello Lesson 13.: Object Wisdom: An Oboe Lesson 14.: Body, Breath, Vibration, Text: A Voice Lesson 15.: The Quadrupedal Prosodist: A Piano Lesson Part III: Sound 16.: The Harmonic Series 17.: The Harmonic Series and the Voice 18.: The Messa di Voce: Virtuosity of Contact 19.: Practicing The Messa di Voce 20.: Improvisation: A Lifestyle Conclusion ...
