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Why Do We Have Technical Problems?

A mini workshop in Steinway Piano Gallery, Miami, FL - February 2016

11 episodes 1:20:07 Intermediate Finished

Episodes

  1. 1 How Do We Work With Children Alan talks about the right way to get started with the piano and how the teacher should approach the beginners 05:50
  2. 2 How to Avoid Stiffness Developing a function is a way to avoid stiffness 05:03
  3. 3 The Importance of Standing Alan stresses the importance of standing hand from a young age 06:20
  4. 4 Drop and Stand Functional standing that gives us the quality tone 03:18
  5. 5 Piano Walking and the Young Pianists Alan works with a young student and explains the propper technique 05:10
  6. 6 How Can Thumb Play the Piano? Short lesson on the thumb and how we started playing with it 01:47
  7. 7 The First Lesson-Hand Position A question on how do we set up a beginner's hand on the piano 04:08
  8. 8 Why is Elasticity Important Alan talks about elasticity and why we should embrace it. 03:44
  9. 9 Beethoven-Fur Elise Part 1 Alan is helping a stundent's dysfunctional hand stand up and gives great performance advice 10:21
  10. 10 Beethoven-Fur Elise Part 2 Many great things in this lesson. Alan explaines many key aspects of his approach 16:26
  11. 11 Back to Basics 18 minute long lesson with a young pianist packed with useful info 18:00