Ebook: You Are Your Instrument: the Definitive Musician’s Guide to Practice and Performance

(Fretted). This unique guide helps all musicians: open up new avenues of expression through a pain-free, healthy, fluid approach to music-making; overcome performance anxiety, general tension, and muscular injury; and increase learning skills and facilitate more effective motor coordination. "This is a highly recommended book to read for the musician who needs information about maximizing one's full potential as an artist. This book is practical in that it covers all aspects of musicianship, ranging from the mental preparations involved in performance to the actual bodily care needed to prevent long-term injuries." BOOK REVIEW

Review
"... both a practice and performance guide and a key to playing in a fluid, pain-free manner." -- The Bookwatch, 1992

"...a concise, intelligently written book of ambitious scope." -- STRINGS Magazine, 1992

"...she is careful to include down-to-earth practical advice and hard scientific information...the book is attractively produced..." -- Continuo Magazine

"a useful resource guide and a beneficial tool for teachers to utilize in assisting students to develop healthy habits." -- American Music Teacher, 1992

Her six-level approach to memorization ... and is worth the price book." -- The Berkshire Eagle, 1992

From the Publisher
This book was turned by 45 publishers in the 1980s because no publisher understood the importance of the topic. The then president of NYC's musician's union loaned the author the money to publish it and the first printing sold out before it had come back from the printer, necessitating 10 mini-loans to order a second printing. It is now in its seventh printing!