Alan approaches this tricky subject using the right terminology and examples
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.
Connect but don't compress the key, that's the trick
Elasticity bring a specific vitality to our sound
Allow yourself to fall and then elastically stand
Allow yourself to fall and then elastically stand
Arm Weight is very easy to misunderstand. Should we have it in our pianistic toolbox?
When the hand is resolved the body start working really well
Risk of introducing arm weight Technique at the beginning
We should be working on empowering the pianistic self image
Alan shows how to get that rich full sound out of the piano
