Etudes

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hello everybody and Mr. Fraser, I want to ask a question, concerning etudes (chopin, liszt, rachmaninov). Having played piano for quite a while, since i was 8 (i'm 23 now). I want to start seriously...

Arpeggio/Chord Fingering for Big Hands (RH)

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi everyone! Working on a piece by Ginastera I found out that maybe the whole fingerings that I used so far for major/minor chords and arpeggios might not have been the best match for my hand (I ca...

Achieving low effort balance

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi, I just completed a new blog post, on connecting the hand to the keyboard with low effort. You'll doubtless see plenty of similarities to Alan's approach, but there are a few rather different p...

Double octaves etc.

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

I have always been rather poor at playing heavy double octaves and big chords - anything that involves a 'big' technique. Do you have any suggestions for practice?

Comfortable Rotation and reverse-rotation

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

once again, I have gained a wonderful new paradigm from AF's approach - rotation. I can find many great uses for this technique. Because I undertook to really master this technique, I am learning Chop...

Functional balance

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Just found a great exercise that synthesises countless elements together in a very simple way. Basically, if you feel even the slightest issue of alignment (eg tightness in the wrist , a collapsed fin...

Trills 101

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi Alan and friends, Which chapters in alan's books will help me most with trills? Also, what is the most efficient finger motion for trilling? Is this the same for all fingers (eg the tricky ones li...

Raised Pinkies

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi everyone, I feel bad, because I spent all of this time writing out a beautiful paragraph explaining my situation, and I auto-logged off my account. Funny, huh? My problem is that my the pinkies...

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