The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical SelfDrawing on experience, psychological insight, and wisdom ancient and modern, the author shows how to trust yourself and set your own musicality free. Practising, in the author's view is a lively, honest, adventurous, and rewarding enterprise, and it can be met with daily success, which empowers us to grow even more. |
Contents
Music Magic and Childhood | 15 |
Vitality | 29 |
Juicy Mistakes | 51 |
Step by Step A Guide to Healthy Practicing | 77 |
Breakthroughs | 99 |
Is It Good to Be a Good Student? | 117 |
Out of Control The Drama of Performing | 137 |
Lessons and UnLessons | 153 |
Adventurous Amateurs | 201 |
Beyond the Music Room | 213 |
A Word to Health Professionals | 223 |
Resources | 228 |
Notes | 230 |
Bibliography | 233 |
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About the Author | 238 |
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References to this book
Thinking as You Play: Teaching Piano in Individual and Group Lessons Sylvia Curry Coats Limited preview - 2006 |