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...

Alan Fraser in Pensacola, Sept 2012 Scarlatti & Mozart

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

I hope you don't find it the ultimate in arrogance that I post this video here and not in the next category down!

Feldenkrais: Touchy-Feely or Scientific?

10 years ago by A Pianist in Piano and feldenkrais

Some people feel that paying attention to the physical is a distraction, a form of masturbation to avoid really dedicating yourself to artistic expression. Yet others have found that it has really ope...

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...

Legato vs. non-legato in piano technique

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

My last couple of entries touch on the problem of how most freely and effectively to manipulate the piano keys for beautiful and variegated sound. Another way of describing unstable equilibrium (see p...

Towards a new piano technique: teaching and communication

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Communication is a 2-step process. First the information is presented, second, it is understood by the receiver. I have always seen it as my responsibility as a teacher to ensure that the student gets...

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