Full Description
Singing with Your Whole Self: A Singer's Guide to Awareness through Movement teaches performers to use the Feldenkrais Method of neuromuscular education to ameliorate problems of tension, muscle strain, and illness in order to obtain optimal vocal performance. With new lessons and chapters on kinesthetic imagination and neuroplasticity, this second edition features unique, modularized Feldenkrais lessons designed specifically to liberate function in singers and other voice professionals.
The first part of the book presents the theory behind the approach in an easy-to-understand and concrete fashion. The remaining chapters explore anatomy by area and explain usage and problems, as well as how both relate to singing. Finally, an appendix allows performers to find lessons that are most effective for a specific problem. As a valuable exercise guide, the second edition of Singing with Your Whole Self is an essential resource for singers at all levels and in all styles.
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
