Image Credit: Pedro Moura Pinheiro As some readers may already know, I introduced the Flow Breathing technique a few weeks ago on Marion Harrington’s blog (which I highly recommend). Flow Breathing is a new way to learn and control breath…
Drawing Out Your Innate Musical Genius – Grace Notes Music Studio
Excellent post on developing internal musical skills, useful for teachers, performers and amateurs. Check it out. Meg outlines several key exercises to bring out your inner musician. 1. Open Your Ears 2. Natural Drumming 3. Singing With Machines 4. Create…
Motions of Breathing #Legato Flow Breathing
This video is only partially helpful as a model for good breathing. As you can see, the ribs move up and out on inhale, and down and in on exhale. That’s helpful. But this animation does not show the gathering…
Seven Types of Awareness Intelligence for Learning Music
Image Credit A player must employ all available skills to learn music deeply. The following list isolates 7 types of intelligence (ways of learning) which enable comprehensive understanding of music. 1 – Body/Breath Intelligence – How do you use and…
Sunday Music Quote: I am Music
From Music Lovers Quotations, edited by Helen Exley. I am Music- By Anonymous- I tell the story of love, the story of sorrow, the story that saves and the story that destroys…. I am the smoke which palls over the…
Flow Breathing and a Path to Peak Mastery: Finding Patience in the Details of Playing
Image Credit- In Search of Lost Time Using Flow Breathing to find patience in the details of playing a phrase- This article picks up where my series of 3 guest posts on a friend’s blog site ends. If you have…