Flexion-Extension - Side bending - Rotation
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.
The first cardinal direction and a way to play by extending the fingers instead of curling them
How Alan felt about Taubman rotation
Swiveling is not rotation
is the real value 3 cardinal directions of movement bring to the piano
Where is the keystone of the arch? Second MCP or the wrist?
Alan is showing a technique that might be useful to a few people
We are deconstructing the stand up motion
