The Russian Piano School

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi, I have been reading this book "The Russian Piano School" ... Moscow consertavoire professors on the art of the piano - translated by C. Barnes. On one of the chapters Konstantin Ig...

Tchaikowsky Competition - Alexander Romanovsky (Ukraine)

10 years ago by A Pianist in Piano master video discussion group

Hi, It is interesting to watch this pianist lean his thumbs against the lower board in certain passages. I am not sure I am stating it right but you can see for yourselves. Great brilliant pianis...

Legato

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

I was just reviewing all the subjects under discussion here and noticed that there is no mention of legato! But that is the starting point! All the discussion about hand muscles, finger shape, articul...

Pain relief by connection to the keyboard

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

I received this letter a couple of days ago, from someone who has worked with me on occasion. I thought it would be good to post it along with my reply... "I feel a pain when playing between m...

"Pulling back" piano technique pros and cons

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

By the way...I have been playing piano for a while now and I wonder which is the autentic normal action? Does one regard direct attack as "standard"? I action the key down but just a bit t...

The other arch of the hand in piano technique

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

I thought it might be good to post this clarification, prompted by a recent email from an American doctor who has my book and film. He asks, "By the way, I have a question with which I hope you c...

Relaxation vs. Activation

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

I was just browsing through my old mail folder and found a message about the lobster claw and the seeming contradiction between relaxation and activation. A GREAT question that deserves a new answer,...

Stable and unstable equilibrium in piano technique

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Here is something from a very early book of Moshe Feldenkrais, ABC of Judo (Paris, 1938). Feldenkrais was a student of Jigaro Kano, founder of Judo, and Kano said that Feldenkrais’s books on judo were...

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