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Alan's bits

Small, bites sized videos from Alan on various topics, generally piano and piano technique related

17 episodes 34:14 Beginner Ongoing
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Episodes

  1. 1 Piano Somatics & The Craft of Piano Playing Alan describes his first landmark book, published in 2003 01:23
  2. 2 Piano Somatics: The Hand is a Mini-Body Alan explains how this intriguing metaphor is such an empowering concept for pianists. 01:37
  3. 3 Piano Somatics and the Alberti Bass Alan explains how to transform the Alberti Bass from a boring, repetitive pattern to a stimulating accompaniment figure. 01:44
  4. 4 Piano Somatics & Unstable Equilibrium Alan explains how floating and balancing the hand allows the fingers to work much better than when they are burdened with a weighted touch 01:59
  5. 5 Piano Somatics & The Musical Component of an Alberti Bass Alan explains that this seemingly simple little pattern actually contains a lot of hidden musical complexity. 01:19
  6. 6 Piano Somatics examines musicality in Beethoven's Fur Elise Alan shows that even a simple piece like Fur Elise can be given new expressive life when the hand knows how to walk beautifully on key. 01:34
  7. 7 Piano Somatics & Honing the Pianistic Self-Image Alan describes his second book, that takes the hand from a solid structurality to a new state of freedom: unstable equilibrium 02:07
  8. 8 Piano Somatics examines the role of the thumb in playing scales Alan shows how the thumb needs to be more fully utilized if a scale is going to shine and run quickly. 01:52
  9. 9 Piano Somatics and scale playing Alan asks whether the hand really passes over the thumb in scales... or not? 01:46
  10. 10 Piano Somatics & Tai Chi Chuan Alan explores the interesting overlap between the distinct walking patterns of Tai Chi and the hand producing improved sound at the keyboard 02:27
  11. 11 Piano Somatics & Developing Velocity at the Keyboard Alan shows us some of the underlying skill sets one needs to develop in order to play really fast passages 03:22
  12. 12 Piano Somatics - Making the Piano Sing Alan shows how a hand that is better organized in its physical structure and function will make the piano sing more beautifully 02:28
  13. 13 Piano Somatics & Debussy's Claire de lune Alan shows how to use hand structure and function to create a truly Impressionistic soundscape appropriate to the delicate emotions of Claire de lune 03:33
  14. 14 Piano Somatics & The Difference Between an Olympic Runner and a Jogger Alan discusses just what it takes for your piano technique to evolve past the hobby stage 01:59
  15. 15 Piano Somatics & All Thumbs: Well-Coordinated Piano Technique Alan's introduces his third book, all about the thumb's crucial role in empowering the entire hand at the piano 02:15
  16. 16 Piano Somatics & Pianimals, the first piano method based on the Feldenkrais Method Alan explains the contents of the five volume set of Pianimals books 01:25
  17. 17 Piano Somatics: Why "How" You Play the Piano Affects the Musical Result Alan shows how a standing hand at the piano leads to all sorts of improvement in sound quality and musicianship 01:24