The Science and Psychology of Music Performance; Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning Parncutt 2002 |
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Publisher: Oxford University Press 2002 First Edition ISBN: 978-0195138108 Approx. size: 9.5" by 6.5" -- 388 pages What type of practice makes a musician perfect? What sort of child is most likely to succeed on a musical instrument? What practice strategies yield the fastest improvement in skills such as sight-reading, memorization, and intonation? Scientific and psychological research can offer answers to these and other questions that musicians face every day. In The Science and Psychology of Music Performance, Richard Parncutt and Gary McPherson assemble relevant current research findings and make them accessible to musicians and music educators. This book describes new approaches to teaching music, learning music, and making music at all educational and skill levels. Each chapter represents the collaboration between a music researcher (usually a music psychologist) and a performer or music educator. This combination of expertise results in excellent practical advice. Readers will learn, for example, that they are in the majority (57%) if they experience rapid heartbeat before performances; the chapter devoted to performance anxiety will help them decide whether beta-blocker medication, hypnotherapy, or the Alexander Technique of relaxation might alleviate their stage fright. Book appears to have not been read. Beautiful condition. Bright clean pages with graphics. Please see photos, enlarge and email with any questions. Thanks for looking. |
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