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What Every Pianist Needs to Know about the Body.(Book Review)
What Every Pianist Needs to Know about the Body, by Thomas Mark, with supplementary material for organists by Roberta Gary and Thom Miles. GIA Publications, Inc., (7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638). 155 pp. $29.95.
Since the number of keyboard musicians suffering debilitating injuries is increasing at an alarming rate, gaining an awareness of how the body functions and learning how to relate that information to playing the piano or organ is more crucial than ever to avoid future injuries.
Building upon the concepts of Body Mapping, discovered by Barbara and William Conable, Thomas Mark has provided keyboard players a valuable manual filled with vital concepts. It also helps bring to light teaching misconceptions that need, at long last, to be discarded.
Each of us has "an internal representation of our body and its movements and we use this representation to coordinate our actions. This internal representation is our body map." Our body map "includes the structure, size, and function of our body and its parts." This book operates on the theory that "the representation, not the [actual] structure, determines how we try to move. If our body map is incorrect, we will try to move in ...
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...and thought of. Loving husband Chris, Michael, Vicky, Thomas, Mark and family. MULGREW Jean To us she was someone special...and thought of. Loving husband Chris, Michael, Vicky, Thomas, Mark and family. MULGREW Jean To us she was someone special...
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...Residential Mortgage Corp., a corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Thomas Mark Freeman, a single person; Friendly National Bank in Southwest...dants. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA to the above named Defendants: Thomas Mark Freeman. Take notice that a Motion for Deficiency Judgment...
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Source: HighBeam Research, What Every Pianist Needs to Know about the Body.(Book Review)