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Tonus tales: From sits bones to flickery fingers 05:30

Awakening the "monster thumb" - historical context

The thumb transforms from "cripple" to "monster" with deep pressure while fingers stay mosquito-light. Alan shares how J.S. Bach revolutionized 400 years of thumbless keyboard playing

A 09 Jul 2025 Beginner
07:03

Overcome challenges with the fourth finger

Alan helps a student improve their fugue performance by addressing hand positioning, finger control, and proper skeletal structure to achieve better articulation and overcome challenges with the fourth finger

A 23 Apr 2025 Intermediate
11:25

Rethinking the musical approach to Bach's WTK 2 D major prelude

Alan demonstrates how understanding the compositional structure of Bach's challenging prelude requires arm movement that often goes against the melodic direction, creating a joyful and articulate interpretation beyond mere finger work

A 21 Apr 2025 Beginner
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 15:05

Fugue in d minor book I

Bach - Fugue in d minor BWV 851

J 30 Nov 2020 Intermediate
Bach's Inventions 09:27

E flat major Two Part Invention

Playful, fun piece

J 07 Mar 2020 Beginner
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 08:27

Prelude in d minor book I

Bach - Prelude in d minor BWV 851

J 26 Jan 2020 Intermediate
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 10:14

Fugue in D major book I

Bach - Fugue in D major BWV 850

J 17 Jan 2020 Intermediate
Young Pianists 27:05

Bach - C major prelude

C major prelude with a young pianist

A 28 Dec 2019 Beginner
The Physics of Orchestration 03:43

Ways of Coloring Renaissance and Baroque Music

It's all done with the wrist

A 05 Aug 2019 Beginner
The Physics of Orchestration 02:24

Orchestration in Bach

How do we orchestrate in Bach?

A 02 Aug 2019 Beginner
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 10:32

Prelude in D Major Book I

Move and Phrase, BWV 850

J 09 Sep 2018 Intermediate
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 08:18

Fugue in C Sharp Minor Book I

Bach - Fugue in C Major BWV 849

J 28 Aug 2018 Intermediate
Bach's Inventions 06:59

D Minor Two Part Invention

Cantabile, phrasing and very controlled sound

J 25 Jun 2018 Beginner
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 06:02

Prelude in C Sharp Minor Book I

Very expressive and emotiotional prelude

J 17 Jun 2018 Intermediate
Bach's Inventions 09:24

D Major Two Part Invention

We are in search of that specific D major bubbly sound

J 13 Jun 2018 Beginner
Bach's Inventions 09:36

C Minor Two Part Invention

We need to cultivate concepts like elasticity from the very beginning

J 23 Apr 2018 Beginner
Bach's Inventions 17:46

C Major Two Part Invention

Let's dive into Bach's inventions. Cantabile is the way!

J 17 Apr 2018 Beginner
Bach's Inventions 12:00

Bach-The Great Inventor

What are Bach's Inventions and why should we care?

J 07 Apr 2018 Beginner
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 05:05

Fugue in C Sharp Major Book I

Bach - Fugue in C Major BWV 848

J 23 Mar 2018 Intermediate
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 10:39

Prelude in C Sharp Major Book I

Bach - Prelude in C Minor BWV 848

J 07 Mar 2018 Intermediate
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 07:43

Fugue in C Minor Book I

Bach - Fugue in C Minor BWV 847

J 19 Feb 2018 Intermediate
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 09:19

Prelude in C Minor Book I

Bach - Prelude in C Minor BWV 847

J 05 Feb 2018 Intermediate
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 16:43

Fugue in C Major Book I

Bach - Fugue in C Major BWV 846

J 29 Jan 2018 Intermediate
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 11:48

Prelude in C Major Book I

Bach - Prelude in C Major BWV 846

J 22 Jan 2018 Beginner
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 07:31

Prelude and Fugue as a Genre

Why Bach decided on a prelude and fugue combo?

J 17 Jan 2018 Intermediate
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 10:06

Why The Clavier Needs to Be Well Tempered

A brief history of the well tempered clavier, tuning systems, on clavier

J 10 Jan 2018 Beginner
Let's Learn The Well Tempered Clavier 01:51

Let's Learn Bach's Well Tempered Clavier

I am getting back to practicing after my injury and what better way to kick it off than with Bach's WTC

J 29 Dec 2017 Beginner
Kemal Gekic Recital - Koningsfeld 2015 03:19

Konigsfeld 2015 - Prelude and Fugue WTC I in c Minor

Kemal plays Bach - Prelude and Fugue in c Minor WTC I

K 01 Dec 2017 Intermediate
Rhythm is Everything 02:11

Good Rhythm Makes Everything Sound Alive

Go to the hypermeasure without losing any of the subordinate rhythmic patterns

A 05 Nov 2017 Advanced
Rhythm is Everything 03:08

Rhythmic Differentiation and the Motion that Stands Your Hand Up

Alan introducing the concept of rhythmic differentation

A 24 Oct 2017 Advanced
Kemal Gekic Recital - Koningsfeld 2015 07:17

Konigsfeld 2015 - Prelude and Fugue WTC I in E Flat Major

E flat major prelude and fugue WTC I

K 17 Jul 2017 Advanced
Kemal Gekic Recital - Koningsfeld 2015 06:44
Kemal Gekic Recital - Koningsfeld 2015 02:47

Konigsfeld 2015 - Prelude and Fugue B Flat Major WTC I

Kemal plays Bach - Prelude and Fugue B Flat Major WTC I

K 14 Jun 2017 Advanced
Kemal Gekic Recital - Koningsfeld 2015 08:12

Konigsfeld 2015 - Bach-Prelude and Fugue C Sharp Minor-WTC I

Kemal plays Bach Prelude and Fugue in C# WTC I

K 14 Jun 2017 Advanced
The Art of Frederic 22:29

The World of Berceuse

We are exploring that touch and that feeling of 'tunneling the keys' in order to get the sound we want

A 10 May 2017 Advanced
08:32

Rotation and Walking

Alan and Mario discuss rotation and how it comes within the body - Bach - G minor Invention

A 15 Sep 2016 Intermediate
Kemal Gekic Recital - Tauberbischofsheim 2015 03:26

Bach-Prelude and Fugue WTC II in G Minor

Liszt Etude - Bach Prelude and Fugue, that is the pattern

K 19 Jul 2016 Intermediate
Kemal Gekic Recital - Tauberbischofsheim 2015 02:58

Bach - Prelude and Fugue B Flat Major WTC I

Another performance of prelude and fugue in B flat major, this time from Tauberbischofsheim

K 01 Jun 2016 Intermediate
Kemal Gekic Recital - Tauberbischofsheim 2015 08:23

Bach-Prelude and Fugue C Sharp Minor-WTCI

Kemal plays Bach

K 04 May 2016 Intermediate
Kemal Gekic Recital - Hirschberg 2015 07:55

Bach-Prelude and Fugue C Sharp Minor WTC I

Prelude and Fugue

K 24 Feb 2016 Intermediate
Kemal Gekic Recital - Hirschberg 2015 06:25

Bach-Prelude and Fugue WTC II G Minor

Another prelude and fugue in this recital

K 04 Feb 2016 Intermediate
Kemal Gekic Recital - Hirschberg 2015 02:40

Bach - Prelude and Fugue WTC I B Flat Major

Kemal plays Bach

K 19 Jan 2016 Intermediate
Kemal Gekic Recital - Hirschberg 2015 04:02

Bach-Siloti Prelude in B Minor

PianoTechnique.org exclusive series

K 04 Jan 2016 Intermediate
AFF Institute - Victoria, BC 2015 27:50

On Standing on the Keyboard

AFF Institute - Victoria, BC - July 2015

A 31 Aug 2015 Intermediate
AFF Institute - Hamm, Germany 2015 11:28
AFF Institute - Hamm, Germany 2015 16:46
AFF Institute - Hamm, Germany 2015 15:47
AFF Institute - Hamm, Germany 2015 15:16

Bach - C minor prelude WTC I and How to Learn Musical Components Part 1

A lesson on C minor prelude in 4 parts

A 20 Feb 2015 Intermediate
AFF Institute - Eitorf, Germany 2014 23:53

Bach - Ich ruf zu dir Chroral Prelude Part 2

Why we have troubles learning music and other questions answered in this part 2

A 11 Feb 2015 Intermediate
AFF Institute - Eitorf, Germany 2014 15:54

Bach - Ich ruf zu dir Chroral Prelude Part 1

Alan is demonstrating the importance of a good arch

A 04 Feb 2015 Intermediate
AFF Institute - Eitorf, Germany 2014 23:46

Bach - C Major Fugue WTK 1 Part 3

Part 3 wraps up this mini series on Bach's C major fugue.

A 21 Jan 2015 Intermediate
AFF Institute - Eitorf, Germany 2014 15:09

Bach - C Major Fugue WTK 1 Part 2

Alan is trying to figure out where and how exactly is students hand falling down

A 16 Jan 2015 Intermediate
AFF Institute - Eitorf, Germany 2014 16:13

Bach - C Major Fugue WTK 1 Part 1

C major fugue

A 09 Jan 2015 Intermediate
Alan Fraser's Institute - Smith College 2014 21:15

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in d Minor Part 1

Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903

A 08 Sep 2014 Intermediate
Alan Fraser's Institute - Concord 2014 19:54

Bach - WTK I Prelude F minor Part 3

Last part of this mini series. Alan is working on the tone, legato

A 27 Jul 2014 Intermediate
Alan Fraser's Institute - Concord 2014 16:04

Bach - WTK I Prelude F minor Part 2

Alan is comparing hands to the bellows and explaining its elastical relationship with the piano

A 24 Jul 2014 Intermediate
Alan Fraser's Institute - Concord 2014 12:03

Bach - WTK I Prelude F minor Part 1

Wonderful performance but a lot of stage fright. Alan is addressing that issue in this part

A 22 Jul 2014 Intermediate
10:23

Bach Prelude in G Major WTK I

Arm rotation among other things

A 18 May 2014 Intermediate
24:30

Bach - Busoni Chaconne in D minor

Arm weight technique

A 08 May 2014 Intermediate
16:53

Bach - WTC I Prelude & Fugue No.5 Part 1

J.S Bach's WTC, Book I Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major with Alan

A 28 Mar 2014 Intermediate