Not Pulling Strings: Application of Neuro-Linguistic Programming to Teaching...

Arguably the first and only publication to apply neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) techniques to teaching music, this informative guide provides practical applications for accelerating the learning process and breaking self-defeating behaviors. Focusing on the structure of musical talent, this useful proposal offers insight into the workings of musical minds, provides NLP methods to utilize musical memory, and uses mental rehearsal to improve skills.

Critic, playwright, and novelist Joseph O'Connor has long been a literary star in his native Ireland. His historical fiction epic Star of the Sea chronicles the chaos aboard a leaky ship voyaging from Ireland to New York during the harsh winter of 1847, and was selected as a Summer 2003 pick in our Discover Great New Writers program.