Oxford University Press, USA, Date: 2002-04-18. Hardcover. Used: Good. Excellent customer service. Prompt Customer Service. 2002. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0195138104 9780195138108 [US]

Oxford: Oxford University Press, Date: 2002. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xii, 388pp. Mild rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: What type of practice makes a musician perfect? What sort of child is most likely to succeed on a musical instrument? What practice strategies yield the fastest improvement in skills such as sight-reading, memorization, and intonation? Scientific and psychological research can offer answers to these and other questions that musicians face every day. In The Science and Psychology of Music Performance, Richard Parncutt and Gary McPherson assemble relevant current research findings and make them accessible to musicians and music educators. This book describes new approaches to teaching music, learning music, and making music at all educational and skill levels. Each chapter represents the collaboration between a music researcher (usually a music psychologist) and a performer or music educator. This combination of expertise results in excellent practical advice. Readers will learn, for example, that they are in the majority (57%) if they experience rapid heartbeat before performances; the chapter devoted to performance anxiety will help them decide whether beta-blocker medication, hypnotherapy, or the Alexander Technique of relaxation might alleviate their stage fright. Another chapter outlines a step-by-step method ...

US: Oxford University Press, Date: 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/ Good. What type of practice makes a musician perfect? What sort of child is most likely to succeed on a musical instrument? What practice strategies yield t he fastest improvement in skills such as sight-reading, memorization, and i ntonation? Scientific and psychological research can offer answers to these and other questions that musicians face every day. In The Science and Psyc hology of Music Performance, Richard Parncutt and Gary McPherson assemble r elevant current research findings and make them accessible to musicians and music educators. This book describes new approaches to teaching music, lea rning music, and making music at all educational and skill levels. Each chapter represents the collaboration between a music researcher (usually a music psychologist) and a performer or music educator. This combination of expertise results in excellent practical advice. Readers will learn, for example, that they are in the majority (57%) if they experience rapid heartbeat before performances; the chapter devoted to performance anxiety will help them decide whether beta-blocker medication, hypnotherapy, or the Alexander Technique of relaxation might alleviate their stage fright. Another chapter outlines a step-by-step method for introducing children to musical notation, firmly based on research in cognitive development. Altogether, the 21 chapters cover the personal, environmental, and acoustical influences that ...

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Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2002. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 400 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.50 inches. 2002. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0195138104 9780195138108 [GB]