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Rena Urso
Body mapping for the piccolo player
Learn how to implement Body Mapping in your piccolo practice to gain body awareness, well-being while playing, reduce and prevent pain, and achieve your best physical shape.

Articulation ease

Course: Body mapping for the piccolo player
by Rena Urso

7 min.
At times, we piccolo players experience unwanted tension, limitation, and pain. Learn how to develop greater awareness, and enjoy more ease, freedom, and fluidity in your piccolo playing with Body Mapping!

Exploring balance

Course: Body mapping for the piccolo player
by Rena Urso

19 min.
Continue your search for body awareness thanks to the application of Body Mapping!

The arm structure: part one

Course: Body mapping for the piccolo player
by Rena Urso

14 min.
In this lesson you will learn the anatomy of the arm structure, how to prevent wrist and forearm pain and how to feel expansive vs small when playing piccolo.

The arm structure: part two

Course: Body mapping for the piccolo player
by Rena Urso

7 min.
In this lesson you will continue to explore the arm structure with Rena, practicing with 4 exercises to gain more freedom of movement while playing.

The arm structure: part three

Course: Body mapping for the piccolo player
by Rena Urso

18 min.
In this lesson you will continue to explore the arm structure with Rena, focusing on the hands.

What really happens when we breathe

Course: Body mapping for the piccolo player
by Rena Urso

23 min.
Breathing is, really, one of the most important things when we want to get a good mastering of our piccolo playing.
It is often underestimated, and even more often it is understood in a confused or incomplete way: in this lesson, Rena Urso explains the complete process of breathing in detail, to allow us to resolve all our doubts on this subject and to no longer give ourselves limits caused by bad breathing.