This book, An Alexander Method Strategy to Musicians’ Accidents, is revealed in a PDF format. It’s written to provide all performing musicians deep insights into the habits and method that performers have that may finish careers with ache, pressure, rigidity, and accidents. I take a look at the entire devices from piano, to guitar to clarinet, to singing and many others.
This book can also be on the market on all AMAZON web sites in a KINDLE format.
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On this essay I wish to discover the emotional and psychological impact on a performer, whether or not it’s music or sports activities, that realizing whenever you play or instrument or sing or play golf, that you’ve got this sense, even whenever you’re not performing music or doing all of your sport, that you’ll do it terribly nicely.
WHAT IS THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON THE MUSICIAN OR ATHLETE 24/7 AT OR AWAY FROM THE SPECIALIZED ACTIVITY?
There are two methods I can do that. I can theorize, or I could make this extraordinarily private. I select to make it private.
So, I’ll write concerning the emotional and psychological influence I had in my early twenties, after I realized I might hit the mark, play the proper word on the classical guitar effortlessly for the primary time, after years of countless repetition attempting fearfully to keep away from errors.
One of the best ways I can describe how I felt after I skilled the easy accuracy of a musical prodigy, is that I ended fearing the instrument after I was away from the guitar, and after I was enjoying the guitar.
YOU HAVE TO REALIZE HOW PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY PROFOUND THIS WAS!
Earlier than this extraordinary aha second, after I considered enjoying the guitar or after I was enjoying the guitar, I used to be in dread, fearing I’d make errors.
In these moments of dread, I used to be so sad, that I felt I’d by no means be comfortable once more, so I did no matter I might to suppress my worry and despair. This didn’t make me cease enjoying, so I performed or didn’t play away from the guitar with deep worry.
I used to be robust. Actual males don’t give up. Life is hard, so buck up and do your greatest at all times, regardless of the emotional or psychological or bodily toll.
What’s so bizarre now to me, is all of my worry and despair was completely pointless! A musical prodigy or athletic prodigy KNOWS this after they’re performing, even when they’re not acutely aware that they’re performing in a manner most individuals can’t do.
Once I grew to become a technical musical prodigy in my twenties, an enormous weight was lifted off my shoulders.
WHEN I WAS AT THE GUITAR, OR AWAY FROM THE GUITAR THINKING ABOUT THE GUITAR, I EXPERIENCED AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF WELLBEING!
What stored me going earlier than my aha expertise, was feeling good mastering the instrument, even when the mastery was mired in worry. I relished the constructive consideration of enjoying concert events in entrance of viewers. I felt it made me particular being a live performance artist. And final, an actual man by no means quits. Additionally, I used it to choose up ladies. 🙂
Discover that a lot of the above is exterior suggestions, so my wellbeing was not primarily based on the guitar being simple for me, however on the admiration of others.
Once I lastly began enjoying and desirous about the guitar with a way that I couldn’t miss, I used to be in a position to play fearlessly and really feel actually good.
What this meant is that I performed with out worry.
WHEN YOU DO A SPORT OR MAKE MUSIC WITHOUT FEAR, YOU ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT WHAT YOU DO WELL WITHOUT FEAR, WITH INNER PEACE AND JOY.