pianomap : Excerpts from the book: "What Every Pianist Needs to Know about the Body"
By Thomas Mark
Partial Table of Contents
Listed below are the chapter titles from the book, and a few of the topics in each chapter. The book includes discussion of many additional topics, not mentioned here. Click on highlighted words to read excerpts from the book
- Basic Concepts
- Finger Orientation
- The Movement Approach
- Quality of Movement
- The Kinesthetic Sense
- Training Attention
- The Body Map
- Kinesthetic and Musical Imagination
- Mapping the Structure
- Supporting and Delivering Weight
- The Spine
- Spinal Movement
- The Pelvis
- Mapping the Places of Balance
- Posture vs. Balance
- Downward Pull
- Recovering Balance
- The Head on the Spine
- The Lumbar Spine
- The Hip Joint
- Sitting
- Going from Standing to Sitting
- The Height of the Bench
- Mapping the Arm and Hand
- The Whole Arm
- The Shoulder Joint
- The Elbow Joint
- Bending
- Rotation
- The Wrist
- The Use of the Thumb
- Mapping Muscles
- The Back
- Thumb Orientation and Ulnar Deviation
- Suspension of the Arms
- Mapping Breathing
- Movement of Breathing
- Breathing with the Phrase
- Mapping the Piano
- The Piano Map
- Mapping the Point of Sound
- Mapping Listening and Space
- Additional Concerns of Organists
- Mapping Movements for Organists
- Technique Issues and Gestures
- Specific Balance and Movement Concerns
- Injuries and Retraining
- Four Causes of Injury
- Cure of Injury
- Why Many Pianists Do Not Recover
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Material on this and other pages of this website is from What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body by Thomas Mark, Copyright 2003 by GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, IL. www.giamusic.com. All rights reserved.
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--Timothy Mueller
New York City
"This book combines detailed anatomical description with vivid imagery that allows one to really sense the body's design. After reading the book, I am playing more with greater technical ease and have discovered the source of irksome tension in my forearms and back. As an organist, I found the information on balance invaluable. I intend to use this book with all of my students from beginners to college piano/organ majors."
--Larry Tayor
Harrisonburg, VA
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