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Unleashing the Potential of the Musician's Body
Timani: Anatomy and Exercises for Healthy Playing and Singing
- 332 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Unleashing the Potential of the Musician's Body
Timani: Anatomy and Exercises for Healthy Playing and Singing
About this book
Unleashing the Potential of the Musician' s Body offers clear and practical tools for music professionals, students, educators, movement specialists, and therapists working with musicians. You' ll learn about relevant anatomy— in particular, joints, muscles, and fascia— and get information on how the brain and movement are linked together. You' ll find dozens of illustrated performance-targeted exercises for all parts of the body, with specific instructions for different types of instruments as well as for singers. The exercises are designed to optimize movement and make playing or singing more effortless and expressive— and through this, access more musical potential. This book also touches on subjects such as warm-ups, pain, healthy living, and self-care tips.
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Yes, you can access Unleashing the Potential of the Musician's Body by Tina Margareta Nilssen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medien & darstellende Kunst & Musik. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Preface
- Foreword
- CHAPTER 1 Discovering the body and setting intentions
- CHAPTER 2 Breaking habits
- CHAPTER 3 Warm-ups, practice, exercise, and rest
- CHAPTER 4 Pain, injury, and self-care
- CHAPTER 5 Understanding the anatomy of movement
- CHAPTER 6 The brain and muscles
- CHAPTER 7 The chocolate-covered caramel
- CHAPTER 8 The sensory system and perception
- CHAPTER 9 Focus, exercises, and posture
- CHAPTER 10 Sitting
- CHAPTER 11 Standing
- CHAPTER 12 Arms and shoulders
- CHAPTER 13 Hands, wrists, and fingers
- CHAPTER 14 The spine, core, and support
- CHAPTER 15 Breathing
- Endnotes