Alcantara, Pedro de - Integrated Practice

Integrated Practice proposes a new approach to musicianship, health, and well-being. Containing dozens of exercises and supported by an extensive online library of video and audio clips, Integrated Practice offers tools for instrumentalists, singers, and conductors to use music itself as their guide toward unity and freedom of mind and body.

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CONTENTS

Introduction
Part I: Rhythm
1. Words, Sounds, Gestures
2. Prosody, or the Secrets of Rhythm
3. The Grid: A Life Principle
4. The Metric Grid
5. Coincidence: Intention and Gesture
6. Rhythmic Solfege
7. The Metronome and the Rubato
8. Superbar Structures
9. Opposing The Grid
10. Patterning and Sequencing
Part II: Coordination
11. Connection & Flow: First Principles
12. The Juggler: A Cello Lesson
13. Object Wisdom: An Oboe Lesson
14. Body, Breath, Vibration, Text: A Voice Lesson
15. The Quadrupedal Prosodist: A Piano Lesson
Part III: Sound
16. The Harmonic Series
17. The Harmonic Series and the Voice
18. The Messa di Voce: Virtuosity of Contact
19. Practicing The Messa di Voce
20. Improvisation: A Lifestyle
Conclusion

Series	The Integrated Musician