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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.

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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