The Inner Game of Music
by Barry Green with W. Timothy Gallwey
Gallwey's method applied to musicians by a professional bassist: awareness, will and trust exercises for practice and performance anxiety. Specific and used in conservatories.
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you perform music and stage fright or self-criticism limits you.
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you are not a musician.
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Three things you will actually use
- Awareness quiets the critic.
- Trust what you have practiced.
- Performance anxiety is interference, not lack of skill.
Do this first
Perform a piece for a friend focusing only on one sensory detail of the sound.
Our verdict
Inner game for musicians.
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