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Alan, I love the palming that you showed me. You encouraged me to get my palms right down on the keys and allow myself to enjoy feeling them. I've watched Horowitz's last concert in Moscow probably a thousand times, but...

Here is the 1st movement. Though it has some flaws and rhytmic problems...

I'm tremendously excited about all the uses I've been finding for the bird beak - from Albeniz's Leyenda to groovy funk rhythms. I especially like repeating one note continuously alternating Left and Right hands and shif...

I do not understand what is going on this year my right hand started feeling like it was constantly tired after practicing and my sound was coming out as if it were forced. I was under ALOT of nervous tension and I am wo...

I do not understand what is going on this year my right hand started feeling like it was constantly tired after practicing and my sound was coming out as if it were forced. I was under ALOT of nervous tension and I am wo...

This is directed mostly towards Alan and I was going to send it as a personal message, but I decided that it might be useful for other people and that any other feedback would be helpful for me. Alan, In Bonn you s...

Recently I've been utilising the Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais Method to explore the causes of a potential pianistic injury that I'm intending to avoid. The more I've explored the more the issue seems to be with my...

So, I've been spending some time reading and working through various parts of All Thumbs. The chapter that has caught my attention (even more than the rest!) is Chapter 14: A Little Anatomy. While all the information con...