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Big Sound

Big sound - how to archive it? Lessons, lectures and tutorials on big sound

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Alan Fraser

Born in Montreal in 1955 Alan Fraser studied piano but also delved into composition, cello, classical singing and had several stints as a pop musician. Alan’s main pianistic influence was the pioneering research of Phil Cohen who studied alongside Ronald Turini, Andre Laplante and Janina Fialkowska with Yvonne Hubert, who had been Cortot‘s assistant in Paris. Alan spent several years with Cohen after an apprenticeship with two former Cohen students, Alan Belkin and Lauretta Milkman.

10 episodes 1:58:55 Beginner Finished
1
Big sound in Rachmaninoff prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2 1:05:41

An hour long lesson on this prelude with emphasis on big sound

2
Harmonic language has emotional logic 08:35

We are exploring big sound as well as orchestration in Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G minor Op 23 No 5

3
Voice of the hand is in the arch of the hand 05:21

4
Authoritative snapping sound 05:31

Character of the music dictates the touch

5
The physical organisation can make your sound 04:48

The wrist always wants to be the important one, let the MCP do the work

6
Have your sound instantly 05:09

Wrist and strength adjustment for the instant great sound

7
All the physical stuff in piano playing isn't a distraction 05:23

You need to know how

8
Elastic vibrations 04:51

and it's not done with curled fingers

9
By growing the arch as you create your sound 06:21

You are giving yourself completely different sonority

10
The arch is the source of all your tone colorations 07:15

Not only that but the very solid foundation on what you should base your piano technique