| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- Introduction for organists -- Basic concepts. The problem of injury ; Finger orientation ; The movement approach ; Quality of movement ; The kinesthetic sense ; Training attention ; The body map ; The body map vs. intellectual knowledge ; Feeling embodied ; Kinesthetic and musical imagination ; Brainwork ; How to use this book ; Lessons -- Mapping the structure. Supporting and delivering weight ; The skull ; The spine ; Spinal movement ; The pelvis ; The upper leg ; The lower leg ; The foot -- Mapping the places of balance. Posture vs. balance ; Downward pull ; Recovering balance ; The head on the spine: the AO joint ; The balance of the arm structure: the shoulder joint ; The lumbar spine ; The hip joint (Sitting ; Going from standing to sitting) ; The height of the bench ; The knee joint ; The ankle joint ; Mapping the interrelation of the places of balance -- Mapping the arm and hand. The whole arm ; The sternoclavicular joint ; The shoulder joint ; The elbow joint (Bending ; Rotation) ; The three rotations of the arm: summary ; The wrist ; The hand ; Use of the thumb ; Movement of the fingers at the MCP joints ; Phalangeal joints -- Mapping muscles. The back ; The hand ; Curled fingers ; Thumb orientation and ulnar deviation ; The forearm arch ; Suspension of the arms -- Mapping breathing. Location of the lungs ; Movement of breathing ; Breathing with the phrase -- Mapping the piano. The piano map ; Mapping the point of sound ; Mapping listening and space -- Additional concerns of organists. Mapping movements for organists ; Technique issues and gestures ; Specific balance and movement concerns -- Injuries and retraining. Four causes of injury (Co-contraction ; Awkward positions ; Static muscular activity ; Excessive force) ; How injury develops ; Tendonitis ; Carpal tunnel syndrome ; Dystonia ; Cure of injury ; Why many pianists do not recover. |
| Abstract |
Techniques on how to gain greater fluidity of movement while playing to improve the quality of the experience are offered in this manual for serious piano players. This book encourages musicians to develop a broader understanding of the involvement of the entire body in playing-and the strains playing places on the body-by focusing on body mapping to increase awareness of the body's function, size, and structure. Ways in which piano, organ, harpsichord, clavichord, and digital keyboard players can eliminate or prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and other debilitating conditions without traditional medical treatments are also explored. |
| Local note | JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY VIDEO RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER: MusicLib DVD-1360. |
| General note | Based on "What every musician needs to know about the body" by Barbara Conable. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 153). |
| Supplement to | Supplement (work): Mark, Thomas Carson, 1941- What every pianist needs to know about the body. Chicago, IL : GIA Publications, c2003 |
| ISBN | 1579992064 |
| ISBN | 9781579992064 |
| Publisher number | G-5883 GIA Publications |
