Technique and methods

Q&A with AFF - Ep. 12

The new series is up and this is a special one. Alan is answering your questions on video and this series will mainly be free for all. The first question was posted by user markeog of PianoTechnique.org Feel free to...

hi Alan -I saw a youtube video of you playing chopin d flat major prelude, and it was amazing the sound was extraordinary. but if were to play this i would automatically not put the wrist down and lay the hand on the key...

i didnt really understand the concept of playing more into the keys and feeling that the keys and the fingers are one than just taping on the keys when playing fast. i notice its a different sound and in one of the video...

hi Alan- another really important qeustion that i hAve from watching the videos-(not sure the i alreadt submitted it on the website) -i found it really diffuclt knowing when it is correct to start a new group with the t...

Hi, It's known that Alan has long been co-operating with Kemal Gekic. Just curious, how well Kemal in fact demonstrates the Craft of Piano -approach of playing? I've been checking his YouTube-videos and I am not sure...

Hi Alan thank you so much for your previous answers! can you help me understnad what is weightless playing? I saw in one of the videos-Rachmaninov Prelude in G sharp minor Op.32 No.12, you told the student to play wei...

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-isnt doing the grasping movement after playing the keys is an additional movement that might cause instability of the playing? why not just play and then go to the next key instead of doing another movement after the pl...

Hey, Fist post... I just discovered this site... I'm a veteran Jazz saxophonist. I've been working on becoming a competent Jazz solo pianist. It's going quite well. In fact, my inaugural piano busk occurs Friday (I...

HELLO, I have been trying to figure this out but i cant seem to find the answer-I fully understand the role of the active fingers when playing-but why not (for big chords) use a little bit of the wrist down and up motion...

Hi, I've read so many good things about Tai Chi and its effects on human well being and health. Having some problems (like stiff shoulders) I've been seriously thinking about Tai Chi as my new way of physical training....

Hi all! Alan has talked a lot about keeping tonus in hand and fingers to maintain sceletal power in playing. Resently I've been thinking a lot about pianist's back and its support for arms and hands. To me it's more ob...

Noty vs Smooth Playing - Asked by Amazinggrace

Hi, Alan and me will record a new episode of our Piano Technique podcast soon and I would like to invite you to post your questions for Alan/me here. Thanks! Jovan

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Hi everybody! If you have any chance to access it, this document might be interesting: It's about amazing mechanisms of the human hand - how it is developed in evolution, how it functions compared to ape hand for exam...

I read a lot about proper sitting position to avoid back pain,I talked to both doctors and read Thomas Mark's book-two different attitudes about sitting:many doctors say that it is critical to work on stronger back muscl...

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Hi, 1-Are the intrinsic muscles of the hand more powerful than the muscles in the forearm,and why is it that those muscles which are located in the forearm are the ones responsible in playing the more precise playing tha...

HI, I read the previous post about the free falling to the keyboard-why not falling (not very high from the keyborad) and let the keys "catch" the hands ,then you would not concern yourself with having to catch the hand...

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