Discussions

Hi there, What is a good technique for glissandoing? I struggle to do this without getting a sore hand pretty quick.

Hello Alan, I'm from Brazil and at the moment I can buy one of your books/video. What book/video do you suggest me to buy first? The one that will change deeply my view and approach toward the Piano playing... Al...

Earlier today I was working through one of the 'Natural Finger Shape' ATMs in Craft - specifically, Natural Shape IV: Legato Review. While working with my right hand I made an interesting discovery. While standing on...

Over the last couple of days I've become aware of some tension along the outer ridges of my arms. It appears to be localised to a small area around where the tendon for my fifth finger emerges from my wrist, on the arm s...

Hi all, I don't know if I'm allowed to ask this here, but would anyone have read any of both books : "The Inner Game of Music" by Barry Green and Timothy Gallway and "Effortless Mastery" from Kenny Werner. Maybe some t...

Alan, I'm suddenly starting to hold a lot of tension in my neck. It feels tight and unpleasant. This is not tension that is coming from lack of function in my hand/arm. Rather, it seems to me that the tension starts i...

I've just completed a new post on finger activities: I don't think any of it will exactly cause any raised-eyebrows (at least not for anyone who's familiar with Alan's writings) but it contains a simple approach t...

I just found found two interesting things in my mailbox today. The first package I opened contained The Art of Piano Playing by Heinrich Neuhaus, and the second The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fraser. A notice from t...