This book, The Alexander Method Utilized to the Method and Posture of 14 Sports and Motion Varieties, is printed in a PDF format. It is extremely sensible, and it provides you with an summary of the bodily instruments you must take the bounds off of your capability to train and transfer with out sacrificing your physique.
This book can be on the market on all AMAZON web sites in a KINDLE format.
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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 exhibiting this pupil guitarist learn how to play the guitar with out put on and tear, and the way to not make simple issues arduous, and learn how to not make arduous passages more durable to play.
Ideally, the good musical performer is aware of what she needs to do within the interpretation of a chunk, 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 strain spreading via his physique compromises nice method via poor physique alignment and extreme pressure coursing via the entire physique.
In different phrases you can’t have an amazing method that isn’t finally compromised by poor posture, that doesn’t finally restrict your method and will get you into bodily hassle – doing injury to your your physique.
All the pieces I’ve simply written about is PHYSICAL, that means how effectively you play your instrument or sing is made attainable 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 wonderful after I went to my first actually licensed Alexander Method Trainer, is that she completely gently dismantled my classical guitar method. Then she confirmed me learn how to do bodily what wanted to be finished to play the instrument, with out utilizing esoteric or simply plain unsuitable explanations in regards to the mechanics of taking part in.
As I received 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.