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Pianimals

Long awaited pianimals video series is finally here. Follow along as Alan goes over every concept in a very short and approachable manner

40 episodes 1:38:37 Beginner Finished

Episodes

  1. 1 Grasping: basic arch creation Introduction to Pianimals 01:29
  2. 2 Float the finger into the key Exercise 1 01:50
  3. 3 Empower the thumb Exercise 2 02:14
  4. 4 Standing Exercise 3 01:19
  5. 5 Sliding Exercise 4 01:58
  6. 6 Poking Exercise 5 01:34
  7. 7 Walking Exercise 6 01:58
  8. 8 Rolling Exercise 7 01:37
  9. 9 Rotation in leaps Exercise 9 02:38
  10. 10 Hooking Exercise 10 02:43
  11. 11 The cat scratch Exercise 11 02:18
  12. 12 5 finger overholding Exercise 12 02:18
  13. 13 The most beautiful sound in the world Pianimals teachers exercise 1 04:14
  14. 14 Sink heel, flop fingers Pianimals teachers exercise 2 02:45
  15. 15 Sink heel, peck keys with bird beak fingers Pianimals teachers exercise 3 02:18
  16. 16 Heel sinks, fingers cat scratch Pianimals teachers exercise 4 01:00
  17. 17 Flopping and rolling Pianimals teachers exercise 5 02:10
  18. 18 The versatile, agile, potent thumb Pianimals teachers exercise 6 05:11
  19. 19 Fingers form a bird beak Pianimals teachers exercise 7 03:49
  20. 20 Different types of bird beak Pianimals teachers exercise 8a 02:20
  21. 21 The crocodile jaw Pianimals teachers exercise 9 01:35
  22. 22 The aligator jaw Pianimals teachers exercise 10 02:43
  23. 23 The thumb: tromping trolls and leaping stallions Pianimals teachers exercise 11 02:13
  24. 24 A floating arm, a feather standing finger Pianimals teachers exercise 12 02:20
  25. 25 Walking on stilts: playing with the back of the hand Pianimals teachers exercise 13a 02:23
  26. 26 Make the hand a roly-poly Pianimals teachers exercise 14 02:57
  27. 27 Turn the hand into an amoeba, melt it into the keys Pianimals teachers exercise 15 02:43
  28. 28 Turn the hand into a bell clapper: bong the keys Pianimals teachers exercise 16 02:00
  29. 29 Manipulate the key: grab its edge Pianimals teachers exercise 17 01:31
  30. 30 Weighted vs unweighted walking: The tai chi empty step Pianimals teachers exercise 18 04:32
  31. 31 Sauntering Pianimals teachers exercise 19 01:34
  32. 32 A snapping scale Pianimals teachers exercise 20 01:37
  33. 33 Stand on 2nd finger, reach thumb to inside Pianimals teachers exercise 21 02:48
  34. 34 Whip the arm up to play a fast scale Pianimals teachers exercise 22 02:52
  35. 35 Overholding Pianimals teachers exercise 23 02:32
  36. 36 Rotation Pianimals teachers exercise 24 01:24
  37. 37 The standing action internalized for ringing and clarion sound Pianimals teachers exercise 25 02:54
  38. 38 Get rid of the "down", especially in forte Pianimals teachers exercise 26 02:56
  39. 39 A growing hand arch even in octaves Pianimals teachers exercise 27 04:03
  40. 40 "Cliffhang" to curl the fingertip Pianimals teachers exercise 28 03:17