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This video illustrates many key ideas in the craft of piano playing. What stuck out most clearly to me was the grasping motion and the independence of his fingers. His hand arch is also very pronounced in those fin...

Hi, I read about silent practice in two different places. One was an interview with David bar-Illan and the other a biography of Glenn Gould. The Gould biography says that it was a useful training method for voicing...

Hi Alan, On the video, when you begin to talk about rotation, you have a segment where your right hand 5th finger is on D#. Then by rotating of the hand to vertical you use finger 3 to come down & play the lower D#, m...

I have bought on line The Craft of piano DVD and the Study guide. Unfortunately I made some mistakes in my order and I did not received exactly what I desired. I want to point out the quality of your customer staff and...

Hi Alan, I am struggling now with achieving a fast pianissimo accompaniment pattern for the left hand (16th notes of FCFC,GCGC, and other similar patterns where the hand doesn't need to move around the keyboard). Every...

Hi Alan, You demonstrate beuatifully in the DVD how inflecting the rhythm of the waltz brings out its character (play the 2nd beat a little early, and the 3rd beat a little late). Do these inflections typically apply...

I would like to hear comments on this pianist. I first heard of him from a DVD on Van Cliburn 1989. He was the winner, but even before the winner was announced, his playing captured me instinctly. I can't say his playing...

Hi there I discovered that my right hand had already developed pretty well having been through the craft of piano techniqes and noticing that when I was doing things well already it was articulated on the dvd that I w...