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Be Well Make Music

Be Well Make Music. Thomas Mastroianni. 72%. ASOL studies Catholic University incoming Freshmen and Sophomores Study CUA Wellness Courses (“the 28% study”) NIH Research (Hunter Fry). Inflammation Pain. Ice Rest Physician Directed Medication Alter Technique Remove Strain.

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Be Well Make Music

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  1. Be Well Make Music Thomas Mastroianni

  2. 72% • ASOL studies • Catholic University incoming Freshmen and Sophomores Study • CUA Wellness Courses (“the 28% study”) • NIH Research (Hunter Fry)

  3. Inflammation Pain Ice Rest Physician Directed Medication Alter Technique Remove Strain Overuse /Repetitive Strain InjuryTendonitis (Tenosynovitis)

  4. Technique and The Body • Wellness ********* Prevention • Efficiency ******** Avoid Excess • Diet and Exercise • Whole Body wellness

  5. What is Technique? • Use of the instrument (voice) to make sounds that express musical content. • Use of the body for efficient music making. • Create beauty with ease !

  6. Understand (love) the Instrument • Mechanics / Nature • Beauty of tone • Noise vs. musical toneOvertones & tone quality

  7. Understand the Body • Bones & body position • Muscles • Alignment • Nerves • Brain

  8. Bones and Position • Radius and Ulna • Rotation • Wrist Bones • Hand Bones • Finger Bones

  9. Posture • Head tilt / Larynx / shoulder muscles • Back / upper arm / lungs • Legs / hip / upper body posture

  10. How Do Muscles Work? • Signal from the Brain • Contraction • Pull on Tendons • Connection of Tendons to Bones

  11. Voice

  12. Health Encyclopedia • on the web

  13. Muscles • Tendons • Finger muscles in the arm • Flexors / Extensors • Muscles in the hand • Rotators • Finger independence vs. interdependence

  14. Alignment • Bones align to work efficiently • Muscles pull only in a straight line • To create a curve, more than one muscle must work

  15. Nerves • Signal carriers • No muscle acts without receiving a signal • Clear signal = clear performance • Conflicting signals = muscle tension • Musical Understanding

  16. Nerve Routes • Signal Sending • Brain to Voice, Fingers, Feet, etc. / and back to Brain • Two Way Street – Efferent / Afferent • Work order / Pain and feedback

  17. Radial Nerve • Radius side of arm • Thumb side of hand • Numbness or weakness

  18. UlnarNerve • Ulnar side of arm • 5th finger side of hand and palm • Elbow exposure

  19. Median Nerve • Middle of arm • Middle of hand • Carpal tunnel

  20. Carpal Tunnel

  21. Brain • Conscious programming • Automatic Responses • Intention activates signal • Learning formulates intention • Learning determines Technique

  22. Brain Areas Motor Strip Parietal lobe Frontal lobe Occipital lobe Temporal lobe Cerebrum

  23. Cerebellum - stored patterned responses, screening Brain stem - signal relay and screening Signal relay and screening

  24. Your technique is only as good as your learning !

  25. After Injury • Get Professional Help • Use diagnosis as a platform for change • Reevaluate technique • Make changes (the same old paths lead to the same old destinations) • Medical, musical and behavioral prescriptions must be coordinated

  26. Be Well, Make Music • Beauty and Pain are incompatible ! • Pain is useful. It indicates what we must avoid. But “No pain, no gain” = no brain ! • Music is Therapeutic • The creation of beauty is one of the most noble human vocations. It is a joy!

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