Intro to Piano Kinematics

Episodes

1. 1 Skeletal Functional Dynamics and Feldenkrais Method A brief intro to Alan's method and the site as a learning tool 02:23 Free
2. 2 There is no Drop One of the biggest problems in modern piano pedagogy, often not taught the right way 04:38
3. 3 One Fundamental Idea that will Change Your Piano Technique Something so simple but not taught well 06:43
4. 4 Everything we do is Intimately Related to the Musical Content All this talk about technique, what about musicianship 06:25
5. 5 Elasticity Explained This concept once properly understood will make a huge difference in your playing 04:48
6. 6 Slowing Down the Keys and Making Big Sound A special technique for not only more articulate playing but really healthy sound as well 04:15
7. 7 Body Awareness That Leads to Musical Spontaneity Body and the musical content 06:11
8. 8 Injury and Dystonia A bit about injury from Alan's personal experience 11:35
9. 9 What is Mindful Practice A word on proper practicing/techniques or what should we really practice. 05:05
10. 10 Scales and Arpeggios - The Major Pillar in Your Piano Technique The one and only way to approach scales and arpeggios 05:57
11. 11 Becoming One with the Instrument This is what it's all really about 02:38
12. 12 The Physical And the Musical What are the mechanisms that translate our musical thought to the keyboard? 18:31
13. 13 It's not just Music, it's Poetry Alan talks about musical tension, singing line of live musical thought 04:26