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Positioned in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. (MOVEMENT THERAPY)
PLAYING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OR SINGING ARE PURELY PHYSICAL ACTS.
What do I imply?
I’m working with a guitarist proper now who’s fairly good, however a lot of his method and posture have restricted what he can do on the guitar.
As an Alexander Method trainer and guitarist who has detailed info on posture and method, I’ve been displaying this scholar guitarist easy methods to play the guitar with out put on and tear, and the way to not make simple issues laborious, and easy methods to not make laborious passages more durable to play.
Ideally, the nice musical performer is aware of what she desires to do within the interpretation of a bit, and that is pushed by nice inspiration.
BUT WHAT IF THE PERFORMER CANNOT DO THIS ON HIS INSTRUMENT OR IN SINGING, BECAUSE OF POOR POSTURE AND LIMITING TECHNIQUE?
THIS is a purely bodily drawback limiting the performer, regardless of how grand the interpretation is in his head.
GREAT TECHNIQUE BACKED UP WITH POOR POSTURE LIMITS A PERFORMER’S ABILITY TO PLAY OR SING AT HER GREATEST POTENTIAL.
Why?
If the performer hunkers down very time he performs, then the stress spreading by way of his physique compromises nice method by way of poor physique alignment and extreme stress coursing by way of the entire physique.
In different phrases you can not have a fantastic method that’s not ultimately compromised by poor posture, that doesn’t ultimately restrict your method and will get you into bodily bother – doing harm to your your physique.
Every thing I’ve simply written about is PHYSICAL, that means how effectively you play your instrument or sing is made potential by the purely bodily act of the way you play your instrument or sing.
THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE DOES AN EXTRAORDINARY THING. IT MAKES YOU AWARE THAT MAKING MUSIC IS A PURELY PHYSICAL ACT OF PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT OR SINGING, AND AT THE SAME TIME REMOVES THE EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL WORK OF A POOR POSTURE AND POOR TECHNIQUE IN PRACTICING OR PERFORMING.
What I discovered so superb after I went to my first actually licensed Alexander Method Instructor, is that she completely gently dismantled my classical guitar method. Then she confirmed me easy methods to do bodily what wanted to be carried out to play the instrument, with out utilizing esoteric or simply plain improper explanations concerning the mechanics of taking part in.
As I obtained used to a way and posture that was bodily clear and legitimate, I in a short time may start to do what the music was asking of me, since I now performed the piece athletically precisely.
AS A PERFORMING MUSICIAN, RUN TO A CERTIFIED ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE TEACHER, AND LEARN HOW YOUR INSTRUMENT COULD REALLY PHYSICALLY BE PLAYED OR HOW YOU COULD SING. THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO ON YOUR INSTRUMENT WHAT YOU HEAR IN YOUR HEAD.