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Elements of Effective Piano Technique

Lecture/Series on Technique in general. We will be talking about arm weight, rotation, arches of the hand..all the things combined and condensed for your better understanding of piano technique.

14 episodes 39:23 Intermediate Finished
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Episodes

  1. 1 Let's Talk About the Technique We are kicking off this series with harpsichord technique, piano escapement.. 05:00
  2. 2 Bone Alignment and the Schools of Piano Technique Have we all been taught arm weight wrong? 05:29
  3. 3 Human and Piano Walking Another element of effective piano technique - walking 02:40
  4. 4 Arm Weight - The Right Way Continuation of the second lesson in this series, and a few other concepts 02:45
  5. 5 Practical Examples of Piano Pedagogy Part 1 Alan dealing with a student who overused the arm and could not play legato 02:15
  6. 6 Practical Examples of Piano Pedagogy Part 2 Developing a functional hand arch early on is a must 01:37
  7. 7 Biotensegrity in service of Arch and Elasticity We have talked about biotensegrity before and now it's time we put it to work 04:32
  8. 8 Ludwig Deppe Alan talks about Deppe, the father of modern piano technique 02:17
  9. 9 Feeling Out the Piano Paint a new neuro-motor picture to your brain. Get a new perception of your hands and bones inside 04:13
  10. 10 Dorothy Taubman and Rotation A short video on Alan's latest discovery on rotation. We will cover this topic in more detail in a featured series very soon 01:57
  11. 11 Four Types of Arches Alan talks about different types of arches of the hand and grasping 01:07
  12. 12 The Thumb and Rotation Rotation in relation with the thumb 03:11
  13. 13 Russian Piano Pressure School Preassure technique and elastic raction 01:20
  14. 14 The Piano Key Does Not Go Down Be free from falling and utilize the structure. Also, the series wrapup. 01:00