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Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique (Clarendon Paperbacks)
by Pedro de Alcantara
from Oxford University Press, USA

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A must-read for every musician
  This is a truly amazing book. I bring this book everywhere I go and refer to it so much that it's almost falling apart. This is an absolute must-read, must-own book for any musician or teacher who is serious about the mind/body music connection.

• Good for an Alexander Technique book
  My experience with the Alexander Technique and its application to music playing is that it can help remove certain bad habits acquired through improper training. This is where AT can be limited in helping because you can remove bad habits but that doesn't necessarily leave you with the right technique for playing music and AT teachers aren't usually trained in music. These bad habits are usually symptoms of poor technique so first and foremost it is important that the player knows what the right technique... more info

• Not just for Cellists
  This book is an excellent and precise treatment of the Alexander Technique. Although his examples are primarily for Cellists, Pianists, and singers, there's much that would apply to any musician. Occasionally academic, this book is well worth the patience. A moderate number of pictures are present.

• Stiff-necked
  My teacher recommended this book as The Book To Read if I wanted to read a book about Alexander Technique as I was taking lessons. Obviously it's a book that works wonderfully for many people. I was disappointed, though. I found the book rigid and very dismissive of approaches the author didn't absolutely agree with, and obsessed with bolstering itself with citations and quotes. It almost deifies Alexander, and talks very specifically of positions etc. The impression I have of Alexander Technique from my... more info

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