Tag: habit

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Hit or Miss

By Selma Gokcen March 10, 2014

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags accuracy, activity, Alexander Technique, cello, cellobello, conditioning, conservatory, Coordination, delivery, F.M. Alexander, Gokcen, habit, hours of practicing, necessity, Practice Room, Primary Control, relentless repetitive motions, repetition, results, Selma, the Use of the Self, young instrumentalists

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THINKING IN A NEW WAY—Overcoming Habits (Part 5 of 6): Fleet Fingers

By Selma Gokcen March 4, 2013

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Alexander Technique, articulation, Awareness, bend, body, bow technique, cello, cello playing muscles, clarity, connection, expression, fingers are flexible, function, Gokcen, habit, Healthy, paraspinal muscles, Selma, sensation of opposition, sensation of the back, sound production, tension

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