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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.
A brief intro to Alan's method and the site as a learning tool
One of the biggest problems in modern piano pedagogy, often not taught the right way
Something so simple but not taught well
All this talk about technique, what about musicianship
This concept once properly understood will make a huge difference in your playing
A special technique for not only more articulate playing but really healthy sound as well
Body and the musical content
A bit about injury from Alan's personal experience
A word on proper practicing/techniques or what should we really practice.
The one and only way to approach scales and arpeggios
This is what it's all really about
What are the mechanisms that translate our musical thought to the keyboard?
Alan talks about musical tension, singing line of live musical thought