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Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1]

Questions you submitted get answered by Alan Fraser himself on video.

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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.

45 episodes 4:00:54 Basic 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