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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

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Alan Fraser

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.

40 episodes 1:38:37 Beginner Ongoing
1
Grasping: basic arch creation 01:29

Introduction to Pianimals


2
Float the finger into the key 01:50

Exercise 1


3
Empower the thumb 02:14

Exercise 2


4
Standing 01:19

Exercise 3


5
Sliding 01:58

Exercise 4


6
Poking 01:34

Exercise 5


7
Walking 01:58

Exercise 6


8
Rolling 01:37

Exercise 7


9
Rotation in leaps 02:38

Exercise 9


10
Hooking 02:43

Exercise 10


11
The cat scratch 02:18

Exercise 11


12
5 finger overholding 02:18

Exercise 12


13
The most beautiful sound in the world 04:14

Pianimals teachers exercise 1


14
Sink heel, flop fingers 02:45

Pianimals teachers exercise 2


15
Sink heel, peck keys with bird beak fingers 02:18

Pianimals teachers exercise 3


16
Heel sinks, fingers cat scratch 01:00

Pianimals teachers exercise 4


17
Flopping and rolling 02:10

Pianimals teachers exercise 5


18
The versatile, agile, potent thumb 05:11

Pianimals teachers exercise 6


19
Fingers form a bird beak 03:49

Pianimals teachers exercise 7


20
Different types of bird beak 02:20

Pianimals teachers exercise 8a


21
The crocodile jaw 01:35

Pianimals teachers exercise 9


22
The aligator jaw 02:43

Pianimals teachers exercise 10


23
The thumb: tromping trolls and leaping stallions 02:13

Pianimals teachers exercise 11


24
A floating arm, a feather standing finger 02:20

Pianimals teachers exercise 12


25
Walking on stilts: playing with the back of the hand 02:23

Pianimals teachers exercise 13a


26
Make the hand a roly-poly 02:57

Pianimals teachers exercise 14


27
Turn the hand into an amoeba, melt it into the keys 02:43

Pianimals teachers exercise 15


28
Turn the hand into a bell clapper: bong the keys 02:00

Pianimals teachers exercise 16


29
Manipulate the key: grab its edge 01:31

Pianimals teachers exercise 17


30
Weighted vs unweighted walking: The tai chi empty step 04:32

Pianimals teachers exercise 18


31
Sauntering 01:34

Pianimals teachers exercise 19


32
A snapping scale 01:37

Pianimals teachers exercise 20


33
Stand on 2nd finger, reach thumb to inside 02:48

Pianimals teachers exercise 21


34
Whip the arm up to play a fast scale 02:52

Pianimals teachers exercise 22


35
Overholding 02:32

Pianimals teachers exercise 23


36
Rotation 01:24

Pianimals teachers exercise 24


37
The standing action internalized for ringing and clarion sound 02:54

Pianimals teachers exercise 25


38
Get rid of the "down", especially in forte 02:56

Pianimals teachers exercise 26


39
A growing hand arch even in octaves 04:03

Pianimals teachers exercise 27


40
"Cliffhang" to curl the fingertip 03:17

Pianimals teachers exercise 28