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The Integrated String Player

Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199899320
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Integrated String Player written by Pedro de Alcantara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pedro de Alcantara's The Integrated String Player: Embodied Vibration is a practical guide for all string players: violinists and violists, cellists and bassists, but also gamba players and anyone who makes music drawing a bow across a string. Dozens of exercises, supported by a dedicated website with 80 video clips, cover all the basics of string playing, including left-hand articulation, vibrato, changes of position, double-stopping, sound production, string crossings, and many other techniques. Each exercise, however simple or complex, can become a meditation with the goal of integrating the musical, technical, and metaphysical aspects of a player's practice. Part I is devoted to the fundamentals of coordination, rhythm, and listening in depth. Part II focuses on the left hand, with an emphasis on healthy gestures that are charged with musicality and meaning. Part III covers the bowing arm, exploring innovative concepts such as expressive gesticulation, mechanical intelligence, and the use of the bow as the player's voice, both literally and symbolically. Part IV covers the integration of analytical thought and sensorial practice, providing an extensive study of the harmonic series, the circle of fifths, Tartini tones, and many other sonic aspects that are essential to a string player's musical freedom. In addition, the conversational, linguistic, compositional, and improvisatory dimensions of string playing are discussed and supported by multiple practical exercises. The Integrated String Player is addressed to players of all abilities and from all aesthetic backgrounds: students and professionals, teachers and performers, classically trained musicians and jazz players, chamber-music players and orchestral players.

The Integrated String Player

Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199899312
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Integrated String Player written by Pedro de Alcantara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pedro de Alcantara's The Integrated String Player: Embodied Vibration is a practical guide for all string players: violinists and violists, cellists and bassists, but also gamba players and anyone who makes music drawing a bow across a string. Dozens of exercises, supported by a dedicated website with 80 video clips, cover all the basics of string playing, including left-hand articulation, vibrato, changes of position, double-stopping, sound production, string crossings, and many other techniques. Each exercise, however simple or complex, can become a meditation with the goal of integrating the musical, technical, and metaphysical aspects of a player's practice. Part I is devoted to the fundamentals of coordination, rhythm, and listening in depth. Part II focuses on the left hand, with an emphasis on healthy gestures that are charged with musicality and meaning. Part III covers the bowing arm, exploring innovative concepts such as expressive gesticulation, mechanical intelligence, and the use of the bow as the player's voice, both literally and symbolically. Part IV covers the integration of analytical thought and sensorial practice, providing an extensive study of the harmonic series, the circle of fifths, Tartini tones, and many other sonic aspects that are essential to a string player's musical freedom. In addition, the conversational, linguistic, compositional, and improvisatory dimensions of string playing are discussed and supported by multiple practical exercises. The Integrated String Player is addressed to players of all abilities and from all aesthetic backgrounds: students and professionals, teachers and performers, classically trained musicians and jazz players, chamber-music players and orchestral players.

Integrated Practice

Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195317076
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Integrated Practice written by Pedro de Alcantara and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2011 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTEGRATED PRACTICE: COORDINATION, RHYTHM & SOUND proposes a new approach to musicianship, health, and wellbeing. Containing dozens of exercises and supported by an extensive online library of video and audio clips, INTEGRATED PRACTICE offers tools for instrumentalists, singers, and conductors to use music itself as their guide toward unity and freedom of mind and body.

Indirect Procedures

Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199874824
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Indirect Procedures written by Pedro de Alcantara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A musician's life is filled with many stressful situations: passing auditions, rehearsing and performing with difficult partners, sitting for long hours in uncomfortable chairs, going on stage to face audiences large and small, who may or may not be receptive to the performance they are presented. And yet many musicians are able to surmount these looming obstacles with grace and balance, to find satisfaction and artistry in their music and build productive and lasting careers. Indirect Procedures will guide you around these obstacles and along that path to becoming a balanced and successful musician. Based on the work of Frederick Matthias Alexander, this book is a thorough and practical approach to the issues of musicians' health and wellbeing. Author Pedro de Alcantara introduces concepts and exercises for musicians to let go of excessive tensions, stay focused, and direct their energies as they handle the challenges of practicing, rehearsing, and performing. Complemented by an extensive, easy-to-use companion website, and working alongside Integrated Practice, this new edition of Indirect Procedures is an invaluable and essential resource for today's musicians to learn to sing, play, and conduct with less effort and stronger results.

Backtracked

Author : Pedro De Alcantara
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN 13 : 0440239907
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Backtracked written by Pedro De Alcantara and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2010 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While playing a dangerous subway prank, a fifteen-year-old slacker falls through a time-travel vortex and is transported to different time periods in twentieth-century New York City, where he learns firsthand about hardship.

Making Your Living as a String Player

Author : Greg Cahill
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780634065460
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Making Your Living as a String Player written by Greg Cahill and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (String Letter Publishing). You've dedicated years of hard work to learning the skills needed to play the violin, viola, cello or bass. Now what? The talented contributors to Making Your Living as a String Player come from all walks of life from symphony members to street musicians, educators to impresarios. But all share one thing: each has crafted a successful career as a string player, learning to pay the bills by doing what they love the most. And you can learn to do the same. Inside this volume, culled from the pages of the award-winning Strings magazine, you will find practical tips on writing a resume, starting a freelance career, getting an edge in the workplace, creating your own chamber music series, setting up a successful teaching studio in your home, and much, much more. Let Making Your Living as a String Player help you jumpstart your career as a professional string player.

Cello, Bow and You

Author : Evangeline Benedetti
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190497394
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Cello, Bow and You written by Evangeline Benedetti and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for the cellist looking for an approach that demystifies cello playing, Cello, Bow and You is an innovative text in the field of string pedagogy written by a 40+ year veteran of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. Author Evangeline Benedetti has a unique voice and approach, and invites cellists of all levels to explore, make discoveries and organically internalize technique. Benedetti's approach compliments the work that students do with their teachers by encouraging them to be more aware of themselves and responsive to internal and external guidance. Cello, Bow and You allows students and professionals access to Benedetti's vast performance and teaching experience. She has pioneered an approach to playing that is a synthesis of the cellist's musical thought, the knowledge of the dynamic properties of the instrument and bow, and the ability to move effectively according to the mechanics of the human body. The synergy of these elements leads to physically healthy playing and frees players to be musically expressive. Written in engaging, informal prose, the book is a must-read for cellists and cello teachers - beginning, intermediate, or professional.

String Players' Guide to the Orchestra

Author : Susan C. Brown
Publisher : Alfred Music
ISBN 13 : 9781457429729
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book String Players' Guide to the Orchestra written by Susan C. Brown and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The String Player’s Guide to the Orchestra includes orchestral repertoire, excerpts, scales and studies for string orchestra as well as individual study. The works may be played individually or in ensembles and the music selections work within a wide range of student ability levels. The book focuses on phrasing, technique and musical styles and provides a unique entry into performance music preparation with right- and left-hand studies using authentic orchestral excerpts.

Creative Health for Pianists

Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197600239
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Creative Health for Pianists written by Pedro de Alcantara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Health for Pianists: Concepts, Exercises & Compositions is a practical method book for musicians of all abilities. It provides a new way of thinking about the piano, emphasizing the pianist-reader's innate capacity to respond creatively to a musical and technical stimulus. Author and veteran educator Pedro de Alcantara suggests that every pianist, from a complete beginner to a concert artist, may approach the instrument with the frame of mind of an improviser and composer, in which curiosity, inventiveness, and technical skills are inseparable. Throughout the book, original music snippets that encapsulate one or more aspects of piano playing are presented and explained, then developed through tweaks, variations, and compositions of increasing complexity. Every chapter contains variations suited to a complete beginner, as well as musical challenges that will capture the imagination of advanced players. Most chapters contain improvisational prompts and games with step-by-step rules, leading to the development of new creative skills combining musical depth and technical intelligence. Creative Health for Pianists is supported by a dedicated companion website with 48 pedagogical video clips.

Creative Health for Pianists

Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197600204
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Creative Health for Pianists written by Pedro de Alcantara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Creative Health for Pianists is a practical method for musicians of all abilities. It proposes a new way of thinking about the piano, emphasizing your frame of mind and your innate capacity to respond creatively to a musical and technical stimulus. Short musical snippets that encapsulate one or more aspects of piano playing are thoroughly presented and explained, then developed through tweaks, variations, and compositions of ever increasing complexity. Musical materials are designed to give you space and time to think about how you want to play the piano. Sound, vibration, touch, and phrasing can then become integrated into a healthy totality. Every chapter contains materials suited to a complete beginner. Paradoxically, the same materials may be helpful to accomplished pianists interested in a new entry point into the labyrinth of music. The method is supported by a dedicated website with 48 pedagogical clips. All materials are original, and presented here for the first time"--

Strategies for Teaching Strings

Author : Donald L. Hamann
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190643850
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Strategies for Teaching Strings written by Donald L. Hamann and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building a Successful String and Orchestra Program, Fourth Edition, is an essential guide for prospective, novice, and experienced string teachers alike. This comprehensive text provides all the information necessary to develop and manage a successful school-based program. Based on the national standards for teaching strings and orchestra, the text covers performance objectives, strategies for teaching technical and performance skills, and solutions to common playing problems for elementary, middle, and high school skill levels. It also offers rehearsal strategies to develop large-group ensemble techniques, practical approaches to teaching improvisation, and advice on how to increase student recruitment and retention.

Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass

Author : Dijana Ihas
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000970507
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass written by Dijana Ihas and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass summarizes three centuries of string pedagogy treatises to create a comprehensive resource on methods and approaches to teaching all four bowed string instruments. Co-written by three performance and pedagogy experts, each specializing in different string instruments, this book is applicable to all levels of instruction. Essays on historical pedagogues are clearly structured to allow for easy comprehension of their philosophies, pedagogical practices, and unique contributions. This book concludes with a section on application through comparative analysis of the historical methods and approaches. With coverage from the eighteenth century to the present, this book will be invaluable for teachers and students of string pedagogy and general readers who wish to learn more about string pedagogy’s rich history, diverse content, and modern developments.

A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing

Author : Leopold Mozart
Publisher : Early Music
ISBN 13 : 9780193185135
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (851 download)

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Book Synopsis A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing by : Leopold Mozart

Download or read book A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing written by Leopold Mozart and published by Early Music. This book was released on 1985 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leopold Mozart's Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing was the major work of its period on the violin and comparable in importance to Quantz's treatise on the flute and P.E. Bach's on the piano. This translation by Editha Knocker was the first to appear in English andremains scholarly and eminently readable.

The Rhythm String Player

Author : Tracy Silverman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734814590
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book The Rhythm String Player written by Tracy Silverman and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music instruction for string players wanting to play non-classical music.

Teaching Strings in Today's Classroom

Author : Rebecca B. MacLeod
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135125412X
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Strings in Today's Classroom written by Rebecca B. MacLeod and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Strings in Today’s Classroom: A Guide for Group Instruction assists music education students, in-service teachers, and performers to realize their goals of becoming effective string educators. It introduces readers to the school orchestra environment, presents the foundational concepts needed to teach strings, and provides opportunities for the reader to apply this information. The author describes how becoming an effective string teacher requires three things of equal importance: content knowledge, performance skills, and opportunities to apply the content knowledge and performance skills in a teaching situation. In two parts, the text addresses the unique context that is teaching strings, a practice with its own objectives and related teaching strategies. Part I (Foundations of Teaching and Learning String Instruments) first presents an overview of the string teaching environment, encouraging the reader to consider how context impacts teaching, followed by practical discussions of instrument sizing and position, chapters on the development of each hand, and instruction for best practices concerning tone production, articulation, and bowing guidelines. Part II (Understanding Fingerings) provides clear guidance for understanding basic finger patterns, positions, and the creation of logical fingerings. String fingerings are abstract and thus difficult to negotiate without years of playing experience—these chapters (and their corresponding interactive online tutorials) distill the content knowledge required to understand string fingerings in a way that non-string players can understand and use. Teaching Strings in Today’s Classroom contains pedagogical information, performance activities, and an online virtual teaching environment with twelve interactive tutorials, three for each of the four string instruments. ACCOMPANYING VIDEOS CAN BE ACCESSED VIA THE AUTHOR'S WEBSITE: www.teachingstrings.online

The Alexander Technique

Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 1785008390
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Alexander Technique written by Pedro de Alcantara and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To live is to face problems and to find solutions for them. We do so consciously or unconsciously, using intuition, reason, imagination and many other faculties. We notice a situation, we draw conclusions from what we see, hear and feel, and we act on our conclusions in a constant process of observation, analysis and remedy. 'My shoulders are tight, because I am under a lot of stress, I need a good massage.' We observe a problem (tight shoulders), analyse the cause (stress) and seek a remedy for it (the massage). But what if we have misunderstood the problem? What if our description of the problem is based on false perceptions, or our analysis on false assumptions? What if the solution aggravates the problem? This book is about our suppositions, habits and behaviours. It is about posture and attitude, tension and relaxation, movement and rest. It is about interpersonal relationships, sports and performing arts. Above all, it is about embodied emotions and the body that thinks and feels. In this fully revised new edition, Pedro de Alcantara invites you to redefine the meaning of health and wellbeing, using the insights and tools developed by a man of genius: F.M Alexander.

All Things Strings

Author : Jo Nardolillo
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810884445
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book All Things Strings written by Jo Nardolillo and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: String players face a bewildering array of terms related to their instruments. Because string playing is a living art form, passed directly from master to student, the words used to convey complex concepts such as bow techniques and fingering systems have developed into an extensive vocabulary that can be complicated, vague, and even contradictory. Many of these terms are derived from French, Italian, or German, yet few appear in any standard music dictionary. Moreover, the gulf separating classical playing from fiddle, bluegrass, jazz, and other genres has generated style-specific terms rarely codified into any reference work. All Things Strings: An Illustrated Dictionary bridges this gap, serving as the only comprehensive resource for the terminology used by the modern string family of instruments. All of the terms pertaining to violin, viola, cello, and double bass, inclusive of all genres and playing styles, are defined, explained, and illustrated in a single text. Entries include techniques from shifting to fingerboard mapping to thumb position; the entire gamut of bowstrokes; terms found in orchestral parts; instrument structure and repair; accessories and equipment; ornaments (including those used in jazz and bluegrass); explanations of various bow holds; conventions of orchestral playing; and types of strings, as well as information on a select number of famous luthiers, influential pedagogues, and legendary performers. All Thing Strings is expertly illustrated with original drawings by T. M. Larsen and musical examples from the standard literature. Appendixes include an extensive bibliography of recommended reading for string players and a detailed chart of bowstrokes showing notation and explaining execution. As the single best source for understanding string instruments and referencing all necessary terminology, All Things Strings is an essential tool for performers, private teachers, college professors, and students at all levels. It is also an invaluable addition to the libraries of orchestra directors and composers wishing to better understand the complexities of string playing. With the inclusion of terms relevant to all four modern string instruments played in all genres—from jazz to bluegrass to historically informed performance—this resource serves the needs of every string musician.