--- product_id: 5521305 title: "The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness" price: "R1359" currency: ZAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/5521305-the-musicians-way-a-guide-to-practice-performance-and-wellness store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness **Price:** R1359 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness - **How much does it cost?** R1359 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/5521305-the-musicians-way-a-guide-to-practice-performance-and-wellness) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness [Klickstein, Gerald] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness Review: Practice, Performance, and Wellness - The subtitle of the book is an outline of what you'll find inside. Part one deals with, "practicing deeply." It begins with the necessary, but mundane, subjects of organizing practice time and creating a supportive practice environment. Klickstein divides practice into five zone: new, developing, and performance material along with technique and musicianship. Some of these are self-explanatory, others explore ares few people venture. How much of your practice includes sight reading and ear training? The following chapters look at how to work with material in each practice zone, and cover things such as mental practice, selecting repertoire, memorization, interpretative issues, and taking breaks in practice. The material is necessarily general. A book could not contain specific practice suggestions for every major piece in every instrument's repertoire. I consider the generality of this advice a strength. The practice concepts in The Musician's Way could be easily integrated with whatever your private instructor is giving you. I have always thought that there needed to be a good, lengthy book on practicing, but I'd never found one I liked. It had gotten to the point where I thought of writing something myself. Now I don't have to. The The Musician's Way fills that gap. Part two deals with performance issues. It begins by discussing anxiety's effects on our bodies, and continues with, "five facets of preparation," and issues of backstage and pre-performance routines. What I like most about the section on performance is its practicality. In short, Mr. Klickstein is not afraid to discuss what most people consider trivial issues. Are your clothes prepared? Do you have the music? How do you start and end a piece? How do you walk out on stage? So much preparation goes into the music itself, but nothing goes into stage deportment or easy issues that, if dealt with, can help a performer be less worried and more focused. Part three covers, "lifelong creativity." This section is a discussion on injury prevention and how to succeed as a student. The injury prevention section deals with, among other things, an issue that musicians don't like to talk about: hearing damage. Simply put, this section is terrifying. I'd never even thought about most of the things the book covers, but I'm certainly glad I know about them now. The portion on succeeding as a student covers things such as the student-teacher relationship and dealing with criticism. --Quote Junkie-- One of my favorite things about this book is the relevant quotes placed before each section. --Strength in Formatting-- When I first started reading The Musician's Way, I was a bit put off by the numerous lists put in boxed out asides. Over the course of the book, I realized that these were a strength. The formatting and lists allow quick reviewing, making this book a solid, easily-scanned reference. If you are... * a music student * a professional musician * a serious (or not-so-serious) amateur musician * anyone else, really You owe it to yourself to read this book. The concepts found in it might seem like common knowledge, but there are is some powerful gems contained within the pages of The Musician's Way. The Musician's Way and The Savvy Musician make a formidable duo of books for any musician. Together they fill major holes in any music curriculum, and offer a wealth of knowledge collected in a few hundred pages. I can't recommend either highly enough. Review: Invaluable as an adult learner. - Klickstein's methods have been absolutely excellent for improving my efficiency in the practice room, and have helped improve my attitudes for my performance goals. He's clearly writing to college students, but the material seems great for the hobbiest as well. Found on reddit, recommended to a colleague who also practices music. He, too, says the material has been quite helpful in improving on practice. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #86,431 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #66 in Music Techniques (Books) #97 in Music Theory (Books) #477 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (542) | | Dimensions | 6.14 x 0.89 x 9.21 inches | | Edition | 1st | | ISBN-10 | 0195343131 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0195343137 | | Item Weight | 1.1 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 356 pages | | Publication date | September 3, 2009 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | ## Images ![The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61xeTEWUGUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Practice, Performance, and Wellness *by C***S on February 4, 2010* The subtitle of the book is an outline of what you'll find inside. Part one deals with, "practicing deeply." It begins with the necessary, but mundane, subjects of organizing practice time and creating a supportive practice environment. Klickstein divides practice into five zone: new, developing, and performance material along with technique and musicianship. Some of these are self-explanatory, others explore ares few people venture. How much of your practice includes sight reading and ear training? The following chapters look at how to work with material in each practice zone, and cover things such as mental practice, selecting repertoire, memorization, interpretative issues, and taking breaks in practice. The material is necessarily general. A book could not contain specific practice suggestions for every major piece in every instrument's repertoire. I consider the generality of this advice a strength. The practice concepts in The Musician's Way could be easily integrated with whatever your private instructor is giving you. I have always thought that there needed to be a good, lengthy book on practicing, but I'd never found one I liked. It had gotten to the point where I thought of writing something myself. Now I don't have to. The The Musician's Way fills that gap. Part two deals with performance issues. It begins by discussing anxiety's effects on our bodies, and continues with, "five facets of preparation," and issues of backstage and pre-performance routines. What I like most about the section on performance is its practicality. In short, Mr. Klickstein is not afraid to discuss what most people consider trivial issues. Are your clothes prepared? Do you have the music? How do you start and end a piece? How do you walk out on stage? So much preparation goes into the music itself, but nothing goes into stage deportment or easy issues that, if dealt with, can help a performer be less worried and more focused. Part three covers, "lifelong creativity." This section is a discussion on injury prevention and how to succeed as a student. The injury prevention section deals with, among other things, an issue that musicians don't like to talk about: hearing damage. Simply put, this section is terrifying. I'd never even thought about most of the things the book covers, but I'm certainly glad I know about them now. The portion on succeeding as a student covers things such as the student-teacher relationship and dealing with criticism. --Quote Junkie-- One of my favorite things about this book is the relevant quotes placed before each section. --Strength in Formatting-- When I first started reading The Musician's Way, I was a bit put off by the numerous lists put in boxed out asides. Over the course of the book, I realized that these were a strength. The formatting and lists allow quick reviewing, making this book a solid, easily-scanned reference. If you are... * a music student * a professional musician * a serious (or not-so-serious) amateur musician * anyone else, really You owe it to yourself to read this book. The concepts found in it might seem like common knowledge, but there are is some powerful gems contained within the pages of The Musician's Way. The Musician's Way and The Savvy Musician make a formidable duo of books for any musician. Together they fill major holes in any music curriculum, and offer a wealth of knowledge collected in a few hundred pages. I can't recommend either highly enough. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Invaluable as an adult learner. *by J***M on February 20, 2025* Klickstein's methods have been absolutely excellent for improving my efficiency in the practice room, and have helped improve my attitudes for my performance goals. He's clearly writing to college students, but the material seems great for the hobbiest as well. Found on reddit, recommended to a colleague who also practices music. He, too, says the material has been quite helpful in improving on practice. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great advice for students that points you in the right direction straight off. *by W***S on December 2, 2019* This is super useful. It's clear, well-organized and the advice made all the difference, giving me the benefit of wisdom regarding practice and performance. I hopped around to topics that seemed particularly relevant to where I am, and that worked just fine. I liked it so much I went back to the other topics just because the initial parts were so valuable to me -- all good. I sincerely recommend this book. I'm a beginning violin player, so every bit of advice was new and useful to me. Why it was particularly useful to me, when I first started playing, I immediately knotted my neck up from practicing way too long without breaks because it was so much fun, and I had visions of virtuosity within a week. Instead, it took me about a week to lessen the knots which haven't completely disappeared. Had I read this before hand I would have known better. Live and learn. But I still am aiming for virtuosity, but now with realistic sensibilities gleaned from this book. 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