The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique - Books of Special Interest to Musicians



The Alexander Technique Bookstore is part of the Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique. Your purchases help support the site.		in association with Bookstore Departments: Introductions to the Alexander Technique Alexander Technique for Musicians Alexander Technique and Education Books by F.M. Alexander History of the Alexander Technique Alexander Technique Applications Related Fields Bookstore Home Go to the Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique UK and Europe If you're a resident of the United Kingdom or Continental Europe, you will probably save shipping costs and time by ordering from the Alexander Technique Bookshop is association with AMAZON.CO.UK. Click here to go to the Alexander Technique Bookshop. Amazon's Kindle Wireless Reading Device Featured Book Voice and the Alexander Technique by Jane Ruby Heirich Hardcover/Published 2004 A compehenssive guide to good vocal use by an experienced Alexander Technique teacher. Read a review of this book Order Now Please help support The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique! Click here to see ways that are easy and will cost your nothing.
	Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique by Pedro De Alcantara Paperback/Published 1997 One of the best books about the Alexander Technique. A comprehensive introduction followed by a great deal of material of interest to instrumentalists and singers. Listen to an interview with the author Click here for Price and Availability Information (USA) Click here for Price and Availability Information (Canada)
	How to Learn the Alexander Technique: A Manual for Students by Barbara and William Conable Paperback/Published 1996 This book was reviewed in the section "Introductory books about the Alexander Technique" and is included here because it contains a lot of information of special interest to musicians. Click here for Price and Availability Information (USA) Click here for Price and Availablity Information (Canada)
	What Every Singer Needs to Know About the Body by Melissa Malde, MaryJean Allen, and Kurt-Alexander Zeller Paperback/Published 2008 This book gives singers and their teachers a body mapping resources from anatomy and physiology to help them discover and correct misconceptions about the way their bodies are built and the way they function so they can sing better. Click here for Price and Availability Information (USA) Click here for Price and Availability Information (Canada)
	The Voice Book by Michael McCallion Paperback/Revised 1998 This book is an invitation to become more aware of our voice, and how to learn how to improve it using the principles of the Alexander Technique. Click here for Price and Availability Information (USA) Click here for Price and Availability Information (Canada)
	Voice and the Alexander Technique by Jane Ruby Heirich Hardcover/Published 2004 A compehensive guide to good vocal use by an experienced Alexander Technique teacher. Includes a CD. A valuable resource for singers, public speakers and anyone who wants to improve the quality of their voice. Click here for Price and Availability Information Click here to read an excerpt from this book. Click here to read a review of this book.
	What Every Muscian Needs to Know About the Body by Barbara Conable Published 1998, Spiral Binding The practical application of Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique to making music by an experienced Alexander teacher. Click here for Price and Availability Information (USA) Click here for Price and Availability (Canada)
	The Structures and Movement of Breathing by Barbara Conable Forward by James Jordan Paperback/Published in 2001 A primer for choirs and choruses, written by a teacher of the Alexander Technique. Click here for Price and Availability Information (USA) Click here for Price and Availability (Canada)
	Just Play Naturally by Vivien Mackie and Joe Armstrong Paperback/Published 2002 The first "coffee table" Alexander Technique book. A solid introduction with excellent photographs and clearly written text. Click here for Price and Availability Information Click here to read reviews of this book.
	What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body by Robert Gary, Thom Miles and Thomas Mark Paperback/Published 2008 Techniques for gaining greater ease of movement for piano players, with an emphasis on "body mapping," an outgrowth of the Alexander Technique. Click here for Price and Availability Information (USA) Click here for Price and Availability Information (Canada)
	Freeing the Caged Bird - Developing Well-Coordinated, Injury-Preventive Piano Technique by Barbara Lister-Sink and Dr. Glenna Batson DVD/Published 2005 Shows how to play modre efficiently with less harmful stress. Presented by 2 Alexander Technique teachers. Click here for Price and Availability Information
	The Pianist's Talent: A New Approach to Piano Playing Based on the Principles of F. Matthias Alexander and Raymond Thiberge by Harold Taylor Paperback/Published 1979 The subtitle is misleading, as the book is primarily about the pedagogy of French pianist Thiberge, a teacher who addressed himself to some of the same issues as F. Matthias Alexander. Lots of interesting parallels to the Alexander Technique. Click here for Price and Availability Information
Image Not Available	How the Alexander Technique Informs the Teaching of Singing: The Personal Experience of and Analysis by a Singing Teacher by Sandra Head Paperback/Published 1997 Clearly written Master's thesis which describes the Alexander Technique and relates it to the challenges faced by singers and singing teachers. The book draws heavily of Ms Head's personal experience with Alexander Technique lessons. Click here to read a short article based on this thesis. Sandra Head's book and several other books of special interest to musicians are available from from the American Society for the Alexander Technique. Among them are The Use of the Voice by Rob Macdonald and The Alexander Technique and the Pedagogy of Paul Rolland by Carol Porter McCullogh.
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