- Paperback: 118 pages
- Publisher: Ashgate; illustrated edition edition (30 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0754662101
- ISBN-13: 978-0754662105
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 22.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 128,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Musicians put enormous strain on various parts of their bodies and this book will help you be alert to things which may go wrong and to how to put them right. Musicians and music students of all ages will find in this book a mine of information about how to get in shape and stay in shape'. --Barry Ife, Principal, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK.
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Musicians suffer greatly from industry-related injury and illness, and many of these problems are established during student days or even before. This affects all forms of music-making from classical through jazz and rock to traditional folk. Hearing damage is of serious concern in most forms of music-making, but the most stressful situations and the most physical damage is recorded in the practice of classical music. The long hours of practice at the beginning of a musician's career are the main source of problems that sometimes only reveal themselves in later life.This book is aimed equally at student musicians, practising musicians, and instrumental and vocal teachers, and it aims to help them to begin to understand how and why their bodies function as they do when they perform and also how they may avoid professionally related illness or injury and achieve the highest standards of performance.The principal author, Dr Jaume Rosset i Llobet, is a medical expert and an internationally acclaimed researcher on the subject. He is the Director of a Centre for the Physiology of The Arts in Terrassa, Catalonia, one of the few clinics in the world to which musicians, dancers and performing artists can go for assessment and treatment. The book provides examples and references to the health of musicians covering a wide range of musical genres based on current research, practice and treatment. As well as physiological exposition, copiously illustrated with medical and humorous diagrams, the book covers ergonomics, risk factors, posture, breathing, matters of diet and accommodation of professional needs in daily life.
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An Excellent ongoing reference manual for a musician,
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This book is clear and informative. The advice given is sensible and measured. Particularly useful is the timetable for getting back to playing after an injury. This book will be relevant to everyone who plays an instrument to a reasonable standard. It is not just a book for music professionals. Students who are juggling the demands of public exams and upper grade music exams and concerts will find it a great help. The advice is great for preventing injury as well as what to do if you become injured. There is a very good chapter on performance nerves too! I would strongly recomend this book.
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