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Alexanderteknik - olika tankar om alexanderteknik och om metodens inverkan på sångrösten.

Allard, Liselotte (2005)
Malmö Academy of Music
Abstract
Title: Alexander Technique - Different thoughts on the Alexander Technique and its effect on the singing voice. Does singing lessons cause tension in the student? What should you as a teacher consider to avoid situations that cause tension? This examination is based on interviews. The persons who have been interviewed are singing students, singing teachers and teachers in the Alexander Technique. The literature and the interviews describe the Alexander Technique as a method that, with support of a teacher of the Alexander Technique, helps you to recreate the balance between the cranium, neck and spine. You learn to rehab yourself and your body by getting conscious of tensions that earlier have been subconscious and normalized by the body... (More)
Title: Alexander Technique - Different thoughts on the Alexander Technique and its effect on the singing voice. Does singing lessons cause tension in the student? What should you as a teacher consider to avoid situations that cause tension? This examination is based on interviews. The persons who have been interviewed are singing students, singing teachers and teachers in the Alexander Technique. The literature and the interviews describe the Alexander Technique as a method that, with support of a teacher of the Alexander Technique, helps you to recreate the balance between the cranium, neck and spine. You learn to rehab yourself and your body by getting conscious of tensions that earlier have been subconscious and normalized by the body itself. This improves the breathing and helps the singing voice to find its free flow. According to the persons that have been interviewed, teaching in singing can cause tension with the student. There are many different solutions to this problem, but all of them imply consciousness of how to teach. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Title: Alexander Technique - Different thoughts on the Alexander Technique and its effect on the singing voice. Does singing lessons cause tension in the student? What should you as a teacher consider to avoid situations that cause tension? This examination is based on interviews. The persons who have been interviewed are singing students, singing teachers and teachers in the Alexander Technique. The literature and the interviews describe the Alexander Technique as a method that, with support of a teacher of the Alexander Technique, helps you to recreate the balance between the cranium, neck and spine. You learn to rehab yourself and your body by getting conscious of tensions that earlier have been subconscious and normalized by the body itself. This improves the breathing and helps the singing voice to find its free flow. According to the persons that have been interviewed, teaching in singing can cause tension with the student. There are many different solutions to this problem, but all of them imply consciousness of how to teach.}},
  author       = {{Allard, Liselotte}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Alexanderteknik - olika tankar om alexanderteknik och om metodens inverkan på sångrösten.}},
  year         = {{2005}},
}