Salutation To "The Craft Of Piano Playing"

hi everyone, I'm from Hong Kong, and new to this forum. It's nice to found this forum! First, about how I came to Alan fraser's book: I am a scientifically inclined person, but have a great passion in classical music (at the amateur level, of course) However, I started my piano education very late and have a poor technique. Since I tried many different books and advices and all of them failed to work, I was frustrated for many years, and I stopped playing piano for some years. The different schools are so contradicting, and more importantly: none of them really help me!! However, I was still looking for an answer to my technique. Right before the release of "The craft of piano playing" in 2003, I found the website and get inspired by it very much. The theory is so consistent with everything I know. So I decided to have a try. For the rest of the story, see my review on Click on my name to see a partial list of what piano books I've tried. By the way, I hope my little review could help with the sales of the book!! I had a personal mail sent to Alan fraser 1 year or so ago. He had a passion and ability to teach piano better than anyone else (especially on the physical aspects). Now this forum may allow the Alan Fraser's teaching to reach further! I am glad to see that. Alvin

Hi, Alvin,i read your review at amazon and i like it very much.Maybe you would like to write another one when we start to sell DVD on amazon. You will find answers to many questions in dvd and you will see and hear how great musician and teacher Prof.Alan is. We really appreciate you dedication to book and the craft of piano method so if you have any questions just feel free to ask us. Would you like to be out craft of piano method ambassador in Hong Kong and south Asia? I am looking forward to hear from you! Jovan

Sure I'll write another review for the DVD after I'd it myself, to introduce more people to this great method. For the craft of piano method ambassador, I'll have to see how many of my friends would like to have the DVD. Frankly, not very much. Most amateur pianists here are not that serious as to read books. And I think I have to play better myself in order to convince the professionals By the way, there is a good way to make use of the review system of Amazon and advertise this good book: by reviewing other similar books in the market and mention (and praising, you know) Alan Fraser's book in those reviews. Many people (and nearly all in the target group) will be linked to Alan's book then. If you click on my reviewer's info, you will find that I've done this on 2 of my reviews about 1 year ago. Hope that helped and is still helping.

Alvin, thanks for your very kind and perceptive reviews on Amazon, and thanks also for this advice. As soon as the flurry dies down surrounding the actual manufacture of the DVD, we'll get on it! AFF