Musical excellence : strategies and techniques to enhance performance

Summary

Titles

• Full Title: Musical excellence : strategies and techniques to enhance performance/ ed. by Aaron Williamon

Notes

• PART I -- PROSPECTS AND LIMITS; 1. A guide to enhancing musical performance; 2. General perspectives on achieving musical excellence; 3. Managing the physical demands of musical performance; 4. Measuring performance enhancement in music; PART II -- PRACTICE STRATEGIES; 5. Strategies for individual practice; 6. Strategies for ensemble practice; 7. Strategies for memorizing music; 8. Strategies for sight-reading and improvising music; PART III -- TECHNIQUES AND INTERVENTIONS; 9. Physical fitness; 10. Alexander technique; 11. Physiological self-regulation: biofeedback and neurofeedback; 12. Mental skills training; 13. feedback learning of musical expressivity; 14. Drugs and musical performance; Epilogue: a note on future directions for enhancing musical performance

Identifiers

• Isbns: 0198525354; 9780198525356; 0198525346; 9780198525349
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)474014485

Publication Statement

• Place: Oxford
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Date: 2004

Physical Description

• Extent: 300 s

Table Of Contents

• PART I -- PROSPECTS AND LIMITS; 1. A guide to enhancing musical performance; 2. General perspectives on achieving musical excellence; 3. Managing the physical demands of musical performance; 4. Measuring performance enhancement in music; PART II -- PRACTICE STRATEGIES; 5. Strategies for individual practice; 6. Strategies for ensemble practice; 7. Strategies for memorizing music; 8. Strategies for sight-reading and improvising music; PART III -- TECHNIQUES AND INTERVENTIONS; 9. Physical fitness; 10. Alexander technique; 11. Physiological self-regulation: biofeedback and neurofeedback; 12. Mental skills training; 13. feedback learning of musical expressivity; 14. Drugs and musical performance; Epilogue: a note on future directions for enhancing musical performance

Summary

• Offers performers, teachers, and researchers, new perspectives and practical guidance for enhancing performance and managing the stress that typically accompanies performance situations. It draws together the findings of pioneering initiatives from across the arts and sciences.

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