We finally addresse the age old question of finger curling, putting it into a more functional context of the hand's moto...
39:05 Chapter 27 pronates and supinates the hand while holding a large interval, to increase the suppleness of an octave...
Forte Flying Fox is explained and dispensed with in only a few seconds, integrating the movements of the previous chapte...
We explore growing the hand arch suddenly, as if the fingers were a diver's legs springing off a diving board
We explore keeping the hand supple in an octave by pronating it and supinating it while holding onto a large interval
Slinky Snail has the same kind of quick finger action, but while overholding - to inflate the hand in a deliciously free...
Free the arm and the fingers for maximum velocity
We are talking about extending the thumb without collapsing the hand arch structure
Activates the thumb, drawing it towards the fingers but in a moving way whether rather than a static, overly structured...
Walking between two Yang fingers instead of a Yin and a Yang finger
The Tai Chi empty step. Here we see the value of preparing the ground with the thumb individuation exercises of Section...
Termite Temerity, where we learn to manipulate the key instead of pressing it down.
Here we go to the other extreme once again, making the hand literally into a high tonused but unweighted mallet
We return to a sensorially enriched let-go of the hand feel to melt it into the keys in a triad
Explores the first degree of creating some independence for the thumb from the hand
Exercises by maintaining relaxed arms while keeping fingers gently unified like a seal flipper
Alan is showing how to move fingers and wrists fluidly while maintaining relaxed hand posture to create beautiful sounds...
A detailed demonstration on how the shoulder acts as a conduit between the hand and body during piano playing, emphasizi...
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Introduction to Pianimals
Hopefully we get them very soon!
A short lecture Alan gave on his latest project Pianimals in Montreal, Canada in March 2019
