The relationship between the Alexander Technique and Music-Making has several aspects:

• efficient use of the arms and hands is dependent on an overall efficiency in the body's upward response to gravity.

• there are many habits accumulated during the time when one learns to play a musical instrument which are often counter-productive; Alexander work provides a reliable methodology for working out what is necessary and unnecessary.

• an improved sensory awareness and capacity to attend are important tools for a musician.

• sitting or standing for long periods whilst playing an instrument is a complex feat of co-ordination which demands a right understanding of the mechanisms involved.

• improved physical well-being and respiratory control can help to approach the challenge of stage-fright in a useful way.

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