I had the chance to work with Alan during his recent visits to New York. I have some lingering questions about standing on the fingers. Should I or shouldn't I?
In my first session, I played Schube...
I have particular difficulty on double notes trill and double note scale. At least for the right hand, I'm actually up to speed for a short Mordent. But I cannot play the two notes at absolutely the s...
Arg!
Okay, so the problem is that I "clunk" the pedal at the top of its travel (when my foot comes up). My teacher complains about this during my lesson.
Now, she has a grand piano. F...
Here are a couple of videos I've uploaded to illustrate the points I made in the thread about standing:
Now, as Francis Bacon said, experiments often tend to "prove" what they s...
I've recently been working on scales and arpeggios from a variety of different angles - integrating rotation, experimenting with feather light legato and exploring maximum articulation of the fingers....
Just written another post regarding a second realistic way to be able to avoid "keybedding".
It also contains an illustration of how some very simple changes to the conscious mindset...
I've been thinking recently about the role of the thumb recently, after working through some of the ATMs in Honing. In particular, the one about moving the thumb and feeling the breeze that the moveme...
