Your thumb is the main pillar in supporting your hand. Taught on Scarlatti toccata d minor
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.
you better find another way of playing it
Get it as high as you can
It's an internal state that needs to be constantly cultivated
Standing up, eliminates the contradiction in the hand
It's the stand up movement of course
but over actually and it also helps you STAND UP
Don't reach for the note, know it's there
Standing up frees up your forearm and therefore there is less tension
Don't swivel, stand up
Standing exercise
Going ack to old ways is normal, it takes time
Also, playing with the thumb does not mean your hand has to drop
The ear starts the appreciate the harmonic color which ultimately gives you better control
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