Integrated Practice: Coordination, Rhythm and Sound
by Pedro de Alcantara

Published 2011                        336 pages

Integrated Practice presents innovative concepts and tools for the study, practice, and performance of music.  It.aims to give you the tools to combine total-body awareness with a deep and practical understanding of the rhythmic structure of the musical language, so that you can "speak music" fluently, healthfully, and effectively. The key to mastering the language of music is rhythm. Integrated Practice contains an in-depth study of rhythm in music and in coordination, with dozens of exercises to help you infuse your gestures and musical phrases with rhythmic energy. Integrated Practice covers the harmonic series in detail and includes novel approaches to improvisation, with exercises that you can apply to daily practice, rehearsing, and performing across the entire repertory. The book is accompanied by a dedicated website with dozens of video and audio clips that demonstrate the book's concepts and exercises.

About the Author
Born in Brazil, Pedro de Alcantara is the President of the French Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique.  He trained as an Alexander teacher in London, with Patrick Macdonald (who himself was trained by Alexander in the 1930s) and Shoshana Kaminitz.  He also taught for three years at the Alexander Institute (directed by Dr. Wilfred Barlow, who was also trained by Alexander) before moving to Paris in 1990, where he still lives.