Freeing the caged bird : developing well-coordinated, injury-preventive piano technique / [presented by] Wingsound ; executive producer & director, Barbara Lister-Sink.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoWinston-Salem, NC : Wingsound, ©2005.
Description1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorLister-Sink, Barbara.
Other author/creatorBatson, Glenna.
Other author/creatorKirk, Don production personnel.
Other author/creatorWingsound (Firm)
Portion of title Developing well-coordinated, injury-preventive piano technique.
Contents Exploration of piano and body mechanism -- A step-by-step training program, from beginning to virtuoso levels -- Potentially harmful technical habits -- Numerous playing examples on all levels. Close-up, slow motion analysis -- A systematic approach to virtuoso playing: how not to accumulate tension.
Abstract Barbara Lister-Sink, assisted by movement and anatomy specialist Glenna Baston, discusses piano technique. Defines technique from a neuromuscular and bio-mechanical viewpoint as the most efficient, natural coordination of the whole body at the piano. Addresses optimal skeletal alignment and efficient muscle use.
CreditsProducer, Don Kirk ; writer, Barbara Lister-Sink.
Technical detailsDVD.

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