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All About Scales and Arpeggios

Building blocks of good piano technique. Bits or the whole dedicated lessons only to scales.

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Episodes

  1. 1 Putting the Thumb Under in Scales Alan is busting the myth: opposition, not flexion 05:38
  2. 2 Make the Length of the Fingers the Same Changing the angle of the hand does not help muscles and they stop working. 03:41
  3. 3 Scales - Going Down The thumb carries the hand. Springiness! 04:52
  4. 4 Keeping the Angle the Same The structure needs to be elastified 05:51
  5. 5 Stepping Stones - Going Down The springy thumb is powering the whole motion 05:38
  6. 6 Play The Scales Like Chico Marx The springiness of the thumb is what gets us through 03:15
  7. 7 Left Hand Arpeggios Open the hand and get "springy" 04:43
  8. 8 The Real Prerequisite for Playing Good Scales and Arpeggios is the functional hand! 02:47
  9. 9 Slide for the Better Elasticity The sliding is designed to get rid of the remaining crampedness 02:10
  10. 10 Arpeggios - The Thumb Needs to be Springy When you swivel you, rob the thumb of it's power 04:24
  11. 11 Pivoting vs Wobbling in Arpeggios pronation and supination w/ small hands 06:02
  12. 12 Stay Supinated and Elasticised We are working on left hand arpeggios 05:47
  13. 13 The Power that Animates a Scale The thumb needs to do this amazing carrying job 04:03
  14. 14 Healthy and Exuberant Thumb The thumb should not be dysfunctional 05:18
  15. 15 The Hand Stays in Balance The true point of unstable equilbrium and the mental image we need to cultivate 03:32
  16. 16 Standing in Scales and Why is it Important Alan is working with a young pianist and explaining the importance of standing 05:32
  17. 17 Teach The Reflexes to Stand Up in Fast Tempo The functional hand can not collapse in fast tempo 03:00
  18. 18 How to Practice Scales Slowly By activating hand's hip joint all the way 05:13
  19. 19 Horizontal Scales Inspired from Louise Robyn, Chicago pianist and teacher 03:43
  20. 20 Scale Essentials A short segment on scales and the whole hand drop issue 02:08
  21. 21 Scales Exercises - Thumb 05:33
  22. 22 The Differentiation between the Thumb and the Hand Very basic, yet very important exercise 03:36
  23. 23 Smooth, rock solid scales What to do if your scales sound broken up? Structure up! 07:45
  24. 24 Activate the standing muscles in your hand and use them to play not only scales, but everything really 09:26