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Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1]

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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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45 episodes 4:00:54 Intermediate Ongoing
1
Flat vs Curved Fingers
08:18

Asked by: markeog

2
Phrasing with the Arm
05:19

Asked by: 57walker

3
On building up Pianistic Endurance
08:23

Asked by: markeog

4
Palming the Keys
08:41

Asked by: 57walker

5
Which Part of the Hand is Touching the Key?
07:59

Asked by: exomedica

6
On Legato
04:15

Asked by: 57walker

7
Standing on the Thumb
03:00

Asked by: 57walker

8
Playing on the Weight of the Hammer
04:35

Asked by: 57walker

9
Phrasing with the Arm Part 2
06:27

A prelude to the new season of Q&A with AFF. This question was aksed on the last day of AFFI Hope 2015

10
More on Thumb Individuation
05:17

Asked by: 57walker

11
Broken Nail Joints
05:40

Asked by: semiquaver

12
Strengthen the Index Finger and the Thumb
04:12

Asked by: adrienschmitt

13
Diagnosis Based on Localisation of Pain-Tension-Fatigue
04:13

Asked by: semiquaver

14
How to Play Fast Scales?
04:46

Asked by: Christine

15
Bottom up Chords
07:47

Asked by: PLaine

16
Knee Joint
03:03

Asked by: semiquaver

17
Plucking vs Grasping
03:55

Asked by: Mel02

18
Light Walk and the Arch
03:08

Asked by: Mel02

19
What Comes First
04:39

Asked by: jocahdj

20
Rotation in Scales and Arpeggios
04:10

Asked by: Plaine

21
How Does the Thumb Actually Play
08:57

Asked by: markeog

22
Noty vs Smooth Playing
04:07

Asked by: Amazinggrace

23
Hand Structure and How it Functions
04:44

Asked by: exomedica

24
Thumb and the Rest of the Hand
07:16

Asked by: hadarmo2

25
How to Play Arpeggios?
05:15

Asked by: alvin

26
Quality Tone - Fingers and Arms
03:40

Asked by: markeog

27
Involve the Upper Arm for Empowered Playing Mechanism
09:55

Asked by: alvin

28
What Makes the Sound Louder
03:46

Asked by: hadarmo2

29
How to Slow Practice
05:32

Asked by: markeog

30
Putting the Hands Together
03:34

Asked by: markeog

31
Intellectual Awareness at the Piano
09:55

Asked by: Amazinggrace

32
Controlling The Fifth Finger
02:32

Asked by: jeanvanderlinden

33
Elasticity and Flat Fingers
01:42

Asked by: Johannes

34
Contracted Triceps and Scales
01:45

Asked by: Johannes

35
Thinking in Terms of Functional Structure
06:28

Asked by: Barbara

36
Scapular Muscles
04:22

Asked by: Plaine

37
How to Sight Read
09:34

Asked by: Remonholsbergen

38
Arch and Rotation
07:57

Asked during AFF Institute in Montreal, France - Asked by: Cosima

39
What is Moving Inside
01:44

Question asked during recent Institute in Montreal, FR, asked by Remon

40
MCP and Scales
05:08

Do you tuck the finger under, rotate or you do something completely different?

41
Advantages and Disadvantages of the 5th Finger Orientation
06:39

Asked by: adrienschmitt

42
Hand Stretching
05:29

Asked by: hadarmo2

43
Horowitz Style Octaves
09:31

Asked by: hadarmo2

44
Elastic Loading of the Thumb
01:29

Asked by: markeog

45
Asserting the Sound - Moving Before the Key Moves
02:06

The difference between solidifying the structure/internal movement and the sound we get by doing so