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AFF Institute - Smith College 2015

Selected lessons from 2015 Smith Institute

15 episodes 2:56:56 Beginner Finished Archived series
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Episodes

  1. 1 Feeling Confident at the Piano Alan helps a student feel confident using propper technique 06:33
  2. 2 Proactive Hand We talk about the arch, the thumb, standing up and proactive hand 06:19
  3. 3 Musical Aesthetics and Technique Part 1 Smith, 2015 12:21
  4. 4 On Rotation "I think the rotation happens without you thinking about it 08:18
  5. 5 Skeletal Touch On touch and joining via Chopin 06:12
  6. 6 Musical Aesthetics and Technique Part 2 Part 2 and a small q&a session 15:05
  7. 7 Chopin - Nocturne Op 48 No 1 Entire, unedited lesson on Chopin's Nocturne 46:26
  8. 8 Metacarpals and Rotation in Octaves Last day of AFFI Smith 2015 lecture/Q&A 06:56
  9. 9 Elasticity and Stretching Alan's take on stretching and elasticity 05:36
  10. 10 Different Strokes for Different Folks A question on elasticity from an audience member in Smith AFFI 03:09
  11. 11 Liszt - Un Sospiro Smith 2015, unedited lesson 34:44
  12. 12 Elastic Release and Extensors Alan talks about elastic loading, stretch reflex, Kemal Gekic, Taubman 04:00
  13. 13 How to Play Glissandos Alan explains how to approach glissandos 04:39
  14. 14 Business About the Straight Thumb On thumb and the arch via Chopin 10:03
  15. 15 Rotation vs Swiveling in Arpeggios Alan taks about rotation and swiveling and touches on Taubman method too 06:35