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Pain
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
No, if you have back pain then you should figure out what you are doing to cause the pain, not just get up and walk around for awhile. AFF
Visualization in technique
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
I recently reread a chapter on leaping (Alan's honing book I think), which talked about swatting the keyboard effortlessly instead of tensing up. this works so well! I took it one step further and ima...
Muscle use for pulling in your arm
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
Cziffra refers to a phenomenon I talk about on the DVD where if you curl the fingers using only the deep flexors (which curl the nail joint alone), the arch of the hand actually collapses, getting pul...
Tai Chi and piano
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
Thank you Alan for your reply... So it is like water, spilling over naturally into different parts of life? Or does it need someone with a bucket?
Natan Brand
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Piano master video discussion group
Natan was a truly great pianist whose life was tragically cut short... I have always admired him tremendously!
Wrist motions
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
WHEN plaing fingers 2 3 4 in a row,is it necessary to move the wrist a bit sideways so that it will be beind each finger? -if Im playing a scale and I wan to play it louder and louder, i tend to pus...
Activity
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
HELLO alan You have responded me to the question abou the weight.that it is all in the activity and not weight issues.can you (as much as possible with writing limits) to explain that to me....if Im p...
HAND SHIFTING
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Piano teaching and pedagogy
I agree with Seymour about the hand shifting idea. About low wrist and high wrist: practically speaking, the louder the sound, the higher the wrist. A high wrist facilitates the transmission of forc...

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