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  • can't get it to open...

    Student evaluation video discussion group Last reply 10 years ago
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  • Hello Paul and the rest of you, I like Paul's answers here a lot and would agree. Furthermore, the more you practice grasping, the more the grasping action will begin to be present in your hand as a background fact, ge...

    Technique and methods Last reply 10 years ago
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  • Just did the 2 and 3rd part of Falk Feddersen's exercises on "opening the shoulders" The first is useful in a more broad abstract sense, but the 2nd and 3rd are EXTREMELY useful for pianists. I came up with the chain...

    Technique and methods Last reply 10 years ago
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  • Found a link to this unique recording on ! Enjoy! 1. 00:00-10:38 Sunt lacrimae rerum, en mode hongrois, F. Liszt; 2. 10:39-20:00 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, F.Liszt; 3. 20:01-27:00 Der Wanderer, D. 489 F. Sc...

    Piano master video discussion group Last reply 10 years ago
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  • What is a good book or resource on applying feldenkrais to singing? as an improvising pianist, i sing lots at the piano but tend to strain my throat. Also, like most musicians I would like to become a better singer anyw...

    Technique and methods Last reply 10 years ago
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  • Technique and methods Last reply 10 years ago
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  • Have been practicing Chopin's Op 69 No 2 and after a few months I can play most of the parts in tempo. Being primarily a guitar player I think that my problem has something to do with the fact that the right hand is just...

    Technique and methods Last reply 10 years ago
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  • hi alan, i really enjoyed your all thumbs lecture on youtube (). the sliding corkscrew motion for the thumb is great, but i would like to hear more about finger corkscrews. with the thumb corkscrew, the thumb rotates...

    Technique and methods Last reply 10 years ago
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