Big sound - how to archive it? Lessons, lectures and tutorials on big sound
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.
An hour long lesson on this prelude with emphasis on big sound
We are exploring big sound as well as orchestration in Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G minor Op 23 No 5
Character of the music dictates the touch
The wrist always wants to be the important one, let the MCP do the work
Wrist and strength adjustment for the instant great sound
You need to know how
and it's not done with curled fingers
You are giving yourself completely different sonority
Not only that but the very solid foundation on what you should base your piano technique