Alan's Latest Challenge

7 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

What a shock to watch Alan's update this morning, recounting his struggle with injury. He is so honest about this, and it is hard to watch because he is obviously in real distress. I hope Alan know...

Range of motion issues in right hand

7 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

I've been gradually retraining myself after years (like 40) of wrong approaches starting with being taught to "strike" the keys at an early age. One thing that I notice is that I have much be...

Thumb Corkscrew Action

7 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi! I am still quite unfamiliar with this technique, but I think I am gettin the idea little by little... Few questions about Thumb Corkscrew: Does it often start with...

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." A discovery with Chopin Op.10 No.1

7 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hello, So I've been exploring Op.10 No.1, not really intending to perform it but interested in the technique. One of the hardest arpeggios I found was the A major, particular...

Hyperextended fingers

7 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi, One thing I've been thinking lately (and it's related to my "Bone Ropes" -thread and latest "How To Practise Scales Slowly" -video) is about hyperextended fingers...

Chopin's Second Ballade lesson with Kemal

7 years ago by A Pianist in Service channel

I just re-published this lesson. It was one of the first lessons we published on the site and being such a great lesson, I decided to work on audio a bit and also POI it as much as possible. Your h...

Cory Henry and his flat fingers piano technique

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

Hi, At the moment one hot name in jazz field is Cory Henry, playing both hammond organ and piano. His international breaktrough was his amazing synth solo in Snarky Puppys "Lingus" (se...

Pulse Patterning DVD - Now Available on PianoTechnique.org

7 years ago by A Pianist in Service channel

Starting today, you will be able to purchase and watch Charles Aschbrenner's Pulse Putterning DVD here on PianoTechnique.org Make sure you are logged in, visit

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