Videos

Habitual Playing 1 - Recognizing Habits

Strong habits affect everything we do – style is a good example. I demonstrate how we have performing habits by comparing breath attacks in jazz and classical style.

Habitual Playing 2- Understanding Habits

Dominant habits that we use all the time limit our playing. Developing more choices in how to play reduces tension, making playing easier.

Habitual Playing 3 - Going Beyond Habits

As a young teacher, I understood what to teach but not how students could learn unfamiliar ways of playing. Learning how to go beyond compulsive habits in playing led me to The Feldenkrais Method®, which influences my teaching.

Habitual Playing 4 - Why Change?

What motivates us to change? What we want is often vague and is affected by our habitual ways. Learning how to go beyond what is familiar is part of how we mature as artists.

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