Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2]

Episodes

1. 1 Elastic Quality Asked by: adrienschmitt 01:48
2. 2 Playing Pianissimo Asked by: sheana2002 10:27
3. 3 Putting the Hands Inside the Piano Asked by: hadarmo2 05:53
4. 4 Walking Forwards vs Walking on the Spot Asked by: markeog 02:23
5. 5 Playing Fast Passages and Skeletal Alignment Asked by: markeog 03:28
6. 6 Forte Octaves Asked by: hadarmo2 08:56
7. 7 Leaps and Accuracy in Piano Technique On leaps and jumps via La Campanella - Asked by: ingela 05:40
8. 8 Maintaining the Hand Structure and Finger Independence Asked by: Ingela 08:32
9. 9 Muscles and Skeleton Carrying the Arm Asked by: markeog 02:06
10. 10 Weak Fifth Finger Asked by: plaine 03:39
11. 11 Adjusting Students Playing Apparatus During the Lesson Tiny adjustments cause the brain to make adjustments to the whole system in order to align with the new organisation. Asked by: markeog 07:18
12. 12 Alan - The Background Asked by plaine 05:57
13. 13 What is the Arm-Thumb? Asked by: hadarmo2 03:36
14. 14 The Basis of Elasticity Asked by: plaine 04:22
15. 15 Strong Fifth Finger Asked by:plaine 03:01
16. 16 Arrau and Rubinstein Piano Technique Asked by: hadarmo2 05:24
17. 17 How Do You Memorize a Piece of Music Asked by:hadarmo2 04:08
18. 18 Feel the Melody Pulsing Asked by: ingela 02:27
19. 19 Keep the Same Fingering if you are transposing your music for any reason 01:30
20. 20 The Difficult Art of Orchestration How to really orchestrate at the piano 02:51
21. 21 Is the Word Differentiation a Feldenkrais Term Asked by: markeog 01:50
22. 22 When I play right hand forte my left hand plays loudly too Asked by: ArthurDing 08:36
23. 23 Distribute the Weight Between Upper Arm and Fingers Asked by: Simon Chu 07:50
24. 24 Structure Solidification is to be Avoided Asked by: markeog 03:21
25. 25 Elastically Loading the Thumb and Uncurling the Claw Asked by: markeog 02:46
26. 26 How do I play Double Notes and Chords More Evenly Asked by: Simon Chu 03:43
27. 27 Applying the Principle of Reversibility Asked by: Simon Chu 01:07
28. 28 What do You Think of Lucas Debargue Asked by: Simon Chu 01:33
29. 29 Playing on Unfamiliar Pianos Asked by: RushWayne 03:59
30. 30 One Boned or Segmented Multi Joint Thumb Asked by: markeog 02:37
31. 31 What is the Role of the MCP Joints in Bone Rope Technique Asked by: markeog 00:57
32. 32 What do you think about Kissin Asked by: Piano4three 02:40
33. 33 Feldenkrais and Piano - But Why? It's about the quality of movement and how do we translate it to the piano. 01:46
34. 34 Status of Pianimals Hopefully we get them very soon! 01:08
35. 35 Useful Bird Beak Exercise Rene shows his exercise he uses with his studenta 03:36
36. 36 Silent Piano Practicing Ever practiced on a table top, or electric piano? Is it really beneficial or not? 05:03
37. 37 Let's Talk About the Wrist Alan talks about how information flows throughout the wrist and why is it important it's not blocked 10:39
38. 38 How do we actually walk? Alan talks about walking from an anatomical and Feldenkrais perspective 06:09
39. 39 Better physical organisation for better musical expression There can't be one without the other 02:16
40. 40 The most difficult piano piece you have ever played Asked by: piano4three 00:59
41. 41 What do you think of Emma Leiuman? Asked by: Ingela 00:17
42. 42 How long until the pianistic breakthrough? Is it a specific method or a combo of them all? 05:48
43. 43 Fast octaves Alan's take on fast octaves, submitted by Mark Riches 05:39
44. 44 Developing reflexes for playing octaves Asked by: MarkRiches 05:30
45. 45 The thumb should not invert Also on forearm rotation and octaves 05:56
46. 46 Is it possible to play with collapseed mcp joint but still sound good? Alan is answering a question and touches on Peter Fetuwanger's technique ands Chopin Op. 25 No. 2 04:21
47. 47 To what degree does the hand extend and contract during arpeggios? Alan answers a question while demonstrating on Chopin's Op. 25 No. 12 03:49
48. 48 The faster the speed, the more efficient movements have to be Excericess are extreme version but they are created to awake your reflexes up 01:36
49. 49 Thumb capability "Standing the thumb on the nail" 06:35
50. 50 Do the big movements to wake up your reflexes Kind of a continuation of a previous answer on practice 02:04
51. 51 The great deal of robust positive standing energy if your finger stays tense your thumb is not standing well, same for fingers, if they are solid, thumb will be fine 04:17
52. 52 Float the arm The question was about the Rachmaninoff concerto but can it be applied to anything? 02:10
53. 53 Parasitic movements What is it and how to avoid it 05:04
54. 54 Metacarpal function of the thumb without standing or making the thumb vertical 07:33