Hands, Wrists, Fingers - by Pedro de Alcantara (Paperback)

About the Book

Hands, Wrists, Fingers is a practical book offering concepts and tools to help musicians of all abilities become comfortable using their hands in healthy and expressive ways.

Book Synopsis

Hands, Wrists, Fingers is a practical book offering concepts and tools to help musicians of all abilities become comfortable using their hands in healthy and expressive ways.

Review Quotes

"This book is a creative indirect approach to instrumental technique. Alcantara's book encourages a healthy rethink of the relationship with your instrument. Playful ideas, games, and experiential activities look at mindset and embodiment through sensory awareness and movement in everyday life as preparation for performance." - Judith Kleinman AGSM, MSTAT, HonARAM.

"It would seem to be unique and could potentially be marketed successfully. We live in an age where everyone is more aware of the need to protect and develop mental health, and this book could be extremely useful if used from this perspective". - Murray McLachlan, Professor of Piano, Chetham's School of Music, Long Millgate, Manchester M3 1SB, UK.

"Hands, Wrists, and Fingers: Creative Health for Musicians encourages greater awareness and sensitivity to gesture, proprioception, and touch. The author invites readers to adopt a beginner's mind while exploring something deeply familiar-the movement and feel of their own hands-thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of embodied habits and the pedagogical discourse surrounding movement and gesture." -Andrée Martin, D.M.A., Schwob School of Music, Professor of Flute, SACSCOC Summer Accreditation Fellow, Columbus State University

About the Author

Pedro de Alcantara is a musician, writer, and artist. His books include five volumes of musical pedagogy published by Oxford University Press, as well as novels, poems, and essays.