Full Description
This book teaches performers to use the Feldenkrais Method of neuromuscular activities to ameliorate problems of tension, muscle strain, and illness in order to obtain optimal vocal performance. Singing with Your Whole Self, Second Edition contains an important and unique modularized Feldenkrais "Awareness Through Movement" lessons specifically designed for liberating function in all musicians, and singers in particular. Modularized lessons allow the user to choose between functionally useful short segments or entire lessons. The first part of the book presents the theory behind why this approach works in an easily understood and concrete fashion. The remaining chapters explore our anatomy by area and explain usage, problems, and how these relate to singing. These chapters include lessons that revolve around improving performance. Includes an index both by lesson and by problem, referring performers to the lessons most effective for a specific problem.
Contents
Chapter 1: Overview
Chapter 2: Kinesthetic Imagination
Chapter 3: Control and Letting Go
Chapter 4: Neuroplasticity
Chapter 5: Intentionality and Effort
Chapter 6: The Base of Support
Chapter 7: Pelvic Power
Chapter 8: Breathing
Chapter 9: Upper Trunk Flexibility
Chapter 10: Shoulder Girdle and Arms
Chapter 11: Head and Neck
Chapter 12: Hands and Mouth
Chapter 13: The Eyes
Chapter 14: Pedagogical Uses for This Volume
Appendix A: Functional Integration
Appendix B: The Effects of Feldenkrais Work on the Singer's Voice As Documented By Spectrographic Analysis
Appendix C
