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The inner game of music / Barry Green with W. Timothy Gallwey.

By: Green, Barry, 1945-.
Contributor(s): Gallwey, W. Timothy.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1986Description: x, 225 p. : music ; 22 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0385231261.Subject(s): Music -- Performance -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 781.43111
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the bestselling co-author of the classic guide that helped hundreds of thousands of people improve their tennis game comes a book to help musicians reach new levels of excellence.

With more than 800,000 copies sold since it was first published thirty years ago, The Inner Game of Tennis became a touchstone for hundreds of thousands of people. Now, the bestselling co-author delivers a book designed to help musicians overcome obstacles, improve concentration, and reduce nervousness, allowing them to reach new levels of performing excellence and musical artistry.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. vii)
  • 1 The Mozart in Us (p. 1)
  • 2 The Inner Game (p. 10)
  • 3 The Inner Game Skills (p. 25)
  • 4 The Power of Awareness (p. 37)
  • 5 The Power of Will (p. 53)
  • 6 The Power of Trust (p. 77)
  • 7 Letting Go (p. 88)
  • 8 Coping with Obstacles (p. 111)
  • 9 Improving the Quality of Musical Experience (p. 122)
  • 10 Teaching and Learning (p. 130)
  • 11 The Inner Game Listener (p. 143)
  • 12 Parent and Coach (p. 162)
  • 13 Integration and Balance (p. 176)
  • 14 Ensemble Playing (p. 189)
  • 15 Improvisation, Composition, and Creativity (p. 206)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 222)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

BARRY GREEN is a U.S. orchestral and solo double bass player and teacher. He was the principal bassist for the Cincinnati Symphony. A contemporary of people such as Gary Karr, he has developed and publicized his own method for double bass.

W. TIMOTHY GALLWEY, bestselling author of The Inner Game of Tennis, produced a series of bestselling Inner Game books, which set forth a new methodology for the development of personal and professional excellence in a variety of fields. For many years, Gallwey has been introducing the Inner Game approach to corporations looking for better ways to manage change.