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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 approach and posture have restricted what he can do on the guitar.
As an Alexander Method trainer and guitarist who has detailed data on posture and approach, I’ve been displaying this scholar guitarist learn how to play the guitar with out put on and tear, and the way to not make simple issues onerous, and learn how to not make onerous passages tougher to play.
Ideally, the nice 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 stress spreading by means of his physique compromises nice approach by means of poor physique alignment and extreme pressure coursing by means of the entire physique.
In different phrases you can not have an ideal approach that isn’t finally compromised by poor posture, that doesn’t finally restrict your approach and will get you into bodily bother – doing harm to your your physique.
The whole lot I’ve simply written about is PHYSICAL, that means how nicely 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 wonderful after I went to my first actually licensed Alexander Method Trainer, is that she completely gently dismantled my classical guitar approach. 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 incorrect explanations concerning the mechanics of enjoying.
As I bought used to a method and posture that was bodily clear and legitimate, I in a short time might 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.