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Dear Mr. Fraser- I read your book, and viewed your film with great pleasure. You have cleared up several of the more nebulous questions of piano technique, and I cannot thank you enough! I did have one question t...

First of all, ascertain which of the two notes sounds first. Then practice doing the reverse - play them not together on purpose, but with the other note sounding first. Note what changes in sensation you feel in your ha...

Another Free for All lesson was just published! It's a lecture Alan gave in 2012, Smith College. Part 1 out of 4 is free for all! Subscribe for access to this mini series and hours of teaching material already availa...

Hello, this is my first post. I learned about the DVD today (on youtube), and I find it very interesting. I cannot say anything more about it, but I think I will buy the DVD or the book or both. One thing I can tell i...

Hi all, Maybe not the best topic or forum to post, but I hold an warm feeling against you guys... Question: I've started playing piano at age 11 or 12... and then had an break at the age of 17 I think... Well, I...

Moshe Feldenkrais had an assistent who was married with a student of Peter Feuchtwanger. When Feldenkrais once saw, how the wife of his assistent and other students of Peter Feuchtwanger played the piano, he noticed that...

One thing that is always on my mind is the relation between fast finger technique and the help of the interroseus and lumbricals, forearm and the assist each muscle group offers in piano playing. Could the fast finger...