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Effortless Guitar: The secrets to pain-free playing, perfect posture, reducing tension and improved performance with the Alexander Technique
Discover the Secrets to Reducing Tension, Pain-Free Playing, Perfect Posture, and Effortless Technique!Effortless Guitar is a breakthrough in guitar education, dispelling myths and misinformation that has caused countless player's careers and progress to be cut short. Through his experience as an Alexander Technique teacher and lifelong guitarist, Adrian Farrell shows you how to unlock your playing potential, avoid strain related injuries, and develop technique for life. It also includes 6 hours of BONUS video lectures and masterclasses to support your Journey and help you visualise key concepts!
Adrian will show you the benefits of Alexander Technique for guitarists. Including things tension and effortBetter Postural understanding and positioningEmotion and stage Fright managementHow to better use the bodies natural mechanicsHow to effectively develop speed and technique
This book is for anyone serious about guitar playing, whether or not you have any pre-existing injuries (eg Repetitive Strain Injury) or not. You'll be taught how to practice safely and healthily, as well as discovering key physiological concepts that will help you develop your technique, performance ability, overcome stage fright and playing anxiety, and deepen your relationship with the instrument. Helping you to transcend the obsession with the instrument and allowing you to focus on the music itself.
While it's no secret that Classical musicians have utilised the Alexander Technique for years, the pop, rock and blues world have largely missed it (With the exception of a few pioneering rock musicians such as Sting, Robert Fripp, and Jazz Guitar Virtuoso Julian Lage.). This book represents the first time that the Alexander Technique has been brought to the context of contemporary guitar playing.
Covering key electric guitar techniques, BendingBarre ChordsLegato (Hammer-ons and Pull-offs)Alternate PickingSweep Picking, and more.You'll learn how these techniques should feel and how to execute them with elegance and minimal effort. Transforming your physical relationship with the instrument and allowing you to practice for more hours a day and for more years to come.
If you are a player who is struggling with playing relating pain, or worried about physiological issues (for example the physiological effects ageing), then the concepts in this book will help to reduce and manage those problems as they relate to your playing.
Start your journey towards Effortless Guitar playing today!
Adrian will show you the benefits of Alexander Technique for guitarists. Including things tension and effortBetter Postural understanding and positioningEmotion and stage Fright managementHow to better use the bodies natural mechanicsHow to effectively develop speed and technique
This book is for anyone serious about guitar playing, whether or not you have any pre-existing injuries (eg Repetitive Strain Injury) or not. You'll be taught how to practice safely and healthily, as well as discovering key physiological concepts that will help you develop your technique, performance ability, overcome stage fright and playing anxiety, and deepen your relationship with the instrument. Helping you to transcend the obsession with the instrument and allowing you to focus on the music itself.
While it's no secret that Classical musicians have utilised the Alexander Technique for years, the pop, rock and blues world have largely missed it (With the exception of a few pioneering rock musicians such as Sting, Robert Fripp, and Jazz Guitar Virtuoso Julian Lage.). This book represents the first time that the Alexander Technique has been brought to the context of contemporary guitar playing.
Covering key electric guitar techniques, BendingBarre ChordsLegato (Hammer-ons and Pull-offs)Alternate PickingSweep Picking, and more.You'll learn how these techniques should feel and how to execute them with elegance and minimal effort. Transforming your physical relationship with the instrument and allowing you to practice for more hours a day and for more years to come.
If you are a player who is struggling with playing relating pain, or worried about physiological issues (for example the physiological effects ageing), then the concepts in this book will help to reduce and manage those problems as they relate to your playing.
Start your journey towards Effortless Guitar playing today!
226 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 25, 2023
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May 27, 2024
These 5 stars do not mean that this book will cure all of your pain and discomfort from playing guitar or bass; but I do think it is an excellent introduction to becoming aware of your body its role in playing the guitar. It is not the most in depth, nor is it comprehensively scientific to the degree of a textbook, but it is respectably rooted in a lot of experience and understanding. I am not an Alexander teacher or student, but I do have 20 years of experience playing guitar where I sustained several playing-related injuries and had to reformat my playing and understanding of the instrument to overcome them and avoid them in the future. Many of the lessons I have won for myself are identical to what is presented in the book and I admit it does a better job explaining them than I could. Not to mention some extra tips and tricks that expand upon my individual experience.
If your current thinking is, "how do I get this guitar to do what I want it to?" this would be a good book to read as it reframes everything as, "how do I allow my body to do what it needs to to play the guitar?" It will still take plenty of work to actually reformat your playing (and getting a teacher would be a huge help), but it is a great guide to get started on a healthier way of living, being, and playing your instrument. 5 stars to say this should be mandatory reading for anyone serious about playing or performance so that it may become common knowledge.
If your current thinking is, "how do I get this guitar to do what I want it to?" this would be a good book to read as it reframes everything as, "how do I allow my body to do what it needs to to play the guitar?" It will still take plenty of work to actually reformat your playing (and getting a teacher would be a huge help), but it is a great guide to get started on a healthier way of living, being, and playing your instrument. 5 stars to say this should be mandatory reading for anyone serious about playing or performance so that it may become common knowledge.
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