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So this has been irking me for a while, and suddenly the answer has hit me like a ton of bricks. Alan's book (And just about every other book, teacher, video, and pedagogy) explains the importance of subduing the acco...

Anyway, I could say a thing or two about this performance, but I'll save it for after everyone is done picking it apart

Now I loooooove the Bunnymen and have from the momen I heard them, but Mac is just not as engaging as Bono He's too post-punk for that He closes his eyes when he sings The EATB lyrics are too cr to interference and c...

On and off, I've been experimenting with Chopin's Etude op.10 no.5. The major hurdle for me to get the brilliant sound, is the connection of G flat (4th finger) to D flat all the way to the B flat right before the second...

Hi Alan, What, specifically, are in the study guide? Is there a table of content for it?? How many pages does it has? Any extra information you can provide...... Thanks. Alvin

I'm very interested in the way Kemal Gekic uses his hands. I believe he thought about it a lot and experiments with different ways of using his hands. From about 0:33, his wrist is unusually low, but the attack fe...

I have been working on the the raindrop prelude lately, which I have polished to a descent degree, and my teacher has recently given me Rachmaninoff's op.32 no.10. During our last lesson during the middle section of the...

I have been working very intensely on trills here recently(and I hope correctly). My only problem is with the 4th finger of my left hand. When I try to trill with 3 4 or 4 5, the 4th finger knuckle stands vertically up a...