Chopin's Opus 10 etudes. A video on each. We are discussing technique, musicianship and best practices
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.
Not too difficult if you apply a few simple tips
Quite a few concepts from rotation to elasticity
Oh that left hand..
We are looking for a specific degree of flattens in the fingers that gives us "snappy" and sharp sound we want
Everybody plays staccato but they forget to phrase while doing so
Stand up and become snaky!
Keep the hand in this state where you don't think of the 6th in the right hand and maintain the elastic structure
Get the touch for Chopin's sound. The action on modern pianos is more heavy than on pianos in Chopin's time.
Octaves and the beautiful middle section. Such a versatile etude.
