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Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 05:39

Fast octaves

Alan's take on fast octaves, submitted by Mark Riches

A 24 Jul 2020 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 05:48

How long until the pianistic breakthrough?

Is it a specific method or a combo of them all?

A 10 Jul 2020 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 00:17

What do you think of Emma Leiuman?

Asked by: Ingela

A 18 Jun 2020 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 00:59

The most difficult piano piece you have ever played

Asked by: piano4three

A 14 Jun 2020 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 02:16

Better physical organisation for better musical expression

There can't be one without the other

A 12 Apr 2020 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 06:09

How do we actually walk?

Alan talks about walking from an anatomical and Feldenkrais perspective

A 05 Apr 2020 Beginner

PianoTechnique.org News 08:28

Q&A with Jovan

Q&A with Jovan, builder and maintainer of PianoTechnique.org

J 01 Dec 2019 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 01:08

Status of Pianimals

Hopefully we get them very soon!

J 01 Dec 2019 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 02:40

What do you think about Kissin

Asked by: Piano4three

A 30 Jul 2019 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 00:57

What is the Role of the MCP Joints in Bone Rope Technique

Asked by: markeog

A 24 Jul 2019 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 02:37

One Boned or Segmented Multi Joint Thumb

Asked by: markeog

A 20 Jul 2019 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 03:59

Playing on Unfamiliar Pianos

Asked by: RushWayne

A 10 Jul 2019 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 01:33

What do You Think of Lucas Debargue

Asked by: Simon Chu

A 15 Nov 2018 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 01:07

Applying the Principle of Reversibility

Asked by: Simon Chu

A 13 Nov 2018 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 03:43

How do I play Double Notes and Chords More Evenly

Asked by: Simon Chu

A 10 Nov 2018 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 02:46

Elastically Loading the Thumb and Uncurling the Claw

Asked by: markeog

A 29 Oct 2018 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 03:21

Structure Solidification is to be Avoided

Asked by: markeog

A 25 Oct 2018 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 07:50

Distribute the Weight Between Upper Arm and Fingers

Asked by: Simon Chu

A 15 Sep 2018 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 08:36

When I play right hand forte my left hand plays loudly too

Asked by: ArthurDing

A 04 Sep 2018 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 01:50

Is the Word Differentiation a Feldenkrais Term

Asked by: markeog

A 30 Aug 2018 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 02:51

The Difficult Art of Orchestration

How to really orchestrate at the piano

A 16 May 2018 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 01:30

Keep the Same Fingering

if you are transposing your music for any reason

A 12 May 2018 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 04:08

How Do You Memorize a Piece of Music

Asked by:hadarmo2

A 20 Apr 2018 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 05:24

Arrau and Rubinstein Piano Technique

Asked by: hadarmo2

A 13 Apr 2018 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 03:01

Strong Fifth Finger

Asked by:plaine

A 30 Mar 2018 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 04:22

The Basis of Elasticity

Asked by: plaine

A 28 Mar 2018 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 03:36

What is the Arm-Thumb?

Asked by: hadarmo2

A 17 Mar 2018 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 07:18

Adjusting Students Playing Apparatus During the Lesson

Tiny adjustments cause the brain to make adjustments to the whole system in order to align with the new organisation. Asked by: markeog

A 08 Nov 2017 Advanced

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 08:32

Maintaining the Hand Structure and Finger Independence

Asked by: Ingela

A 13 Sep 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 05:40

Leaps and Accuracy in Piano Technique

On leaps and jumps via La Campanella - Asked by: ingela

A 17 Aug 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 08:56

Forte Octaves

Asked by: hadarmo2

A 11 Aug 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 03:28

Playing Fast Passages and Skeletal Alignment

Asked by: markeog

A 29 Jul 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 02:23

Walking Forwards vs Walking on the Spot

Asked by: markeog

A 29 Jul 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 05:53

Putting the Hands Inside the Piano

Asked by: hadarmo2

A 10 Jul 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 10:27

Playing Pianissimo

Asked by: sheana2002

A 19 Jun 2017 Advanced

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2] 01:48

Elastic Quality

Asked by: adrienschmitt

A 28 Apr 2017 Beginner

Alan's update 15:09

AFF - News - March 2017

This is part of recorded conversation between Alan and Jovan. Available in the Podcast-Episode 7

A 29 Mar 2017 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 02:06

Asserting the Sound - Moving Before the Key Moves

The difference between solidifying the structure/internal movement and the sound we get by doing so

A 29 Mar 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 01:29

Elastic Loading of the Thumb

Asked by: markeog

A 12 Mar 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 09:31

Horowitz Style Octaves

Asked by: hadarmo2

A 28 Feb 2017 Advanced

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 05:29

Hand Stretching

Asked by: hadarmo2

A 20 Feb 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 06:39

Advantages and Disadvantages of the 5th Finger Orientation

Asked by: adrienschmitt

A 27 Jan 2017 Advanced

How do we use rotation? 06:19

Rotation and the Thumb

Alan is bringing the thumb into the picture. Rotating the opposite way?

A 16 Jan 2017 Advanced

How do we use rotation? 05:00

Amplification of How We Use Rotation

Question turned in a small series and this is part 1. Alan talks about what he has recently learned about rotation

A 06 Jan 2017 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 05:08

MCP and Scales

Do you tuck the finger under, rotate or you do something completely different?

A 05 Dec 2016 Intermediate

00:52

Are Upright Pianos Any Good

Alan answers a question asked during a mini workshop in Ohio, November 2016

A 11 Nov 2016 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 01:44

What is Moving Inside

Question asked during recent Institute in Montreal, FR, asked by Remon

A 03 Nov 2016 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 07:57

Arch and Rotation

Asked during AFF Institute in Montreal, France - Asked by: Cosima

A 27 Oct 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 09:34

How to Sight Read

Asked by: Remonholsbergen

A 05 Oct 2016 Beginner

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:22

Scapular Muscles

Asked by: Plaine

A 25 Sep 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 06:28

Thinking in Terms of Functional Structure

Asked by: Barbara

A 19 Sep 2016 Advanced

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 01:45

Contracted Triceps and Scales

Asked by: Johannes

A 30 Aug 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 01:42

Elasticity and Flat Fingers

Asked by: Johannes

A 20 Aug 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 02:32

Controlling The Fifth Finger

Asked by: jeanvanderlinden

A 16 Aug 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 09:55

Intellectual Awareness at the Piano

Asked by: Amazinggrace

A 27 Feb 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 03:34

Putting the Hands Together

Asked by: markeog

A 17 Feb 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 05:32

How to Slow Practice

Asked by: markeog

A 12 Feb 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 03:46

What Makes the Sound Louder

Asked by: hadarmo2

A 05 Feb 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 09:55

Involve the Upper Arm for Empowered Playing Mechanism

Asked by: alvin

A 29 Jan 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 03:40

Quality Tone - Fingers and Arms

Asked by: markeog

A 22 Jan 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 05:15

How to Play Arpeggios?

Asked by: alvin

A 11 Jan 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 07:16

Thumb and the Rest of the Hand

Asked by: hadarmo2

A 02 Jan 2016 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:44

Hand Structure and How it Functions

Asked by: exomedica

A 26 Dec 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:07

Noty vs Smooth Playing

Asked by: Amazinggrace

A 18 Dec 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 08:57

How Does the Thumb Actually Play

Asked by: markeog

A 11 Dec 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:10

Rotation in Scales and Arpeggios

Asked by: Plaine

A 04 Dec 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:39

What Comes First

Asked by: jocahdj

A 20 Nov 2015 Intermediate

AFF Institute - Smith College 2015 03:09

Different Strokes for Different Folks

A question on elasticity from an audience member in Smith AFFI

A 17 Nov 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 03:08

Light Walk and the Arch

Asked by: Mel02

A 13 Nov 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 03:55

Plucking vs Grasping

Asked by: Mel02

A 06 Nov 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 03:03

Knee Joint

Asked by: semiquaver

A 30 Oct 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 07:47

Bottom up Chords

Asked by: PLaine

A 23 Oct 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:46

How to Play Fast Scales?

Asked by: Christine

A 16 Oct 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:13

Diagnosis Based on Localisation of Pain-Tension-Fatigue

Asked by: semiquaver

A 09 Oct 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:12

Strengthen the Index Finger and the Thumb

Asked by: adrienschmitt

A 02 Oct 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 05:40

Broken Nail Joints

Asked by: semiquaver

A 23 Sep 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 05:17

More on Thumb Individuation

Asked by: 57walker

A 14 Sep 2015 Intermediate

AFF Institute - Hope, MI 2015 01:34

Use of Pelvis in Rhythmic Shaping

Charles Aschbrenner, creator of Pulse Patterning discusses use of pelvis with Alan

A 10 Sep 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 06:27

Phrasing with the Arm Part 2

A prelude to the new season of Q&A with AFF. This question was aksed on the last day of AFFI Hope 2015

A 09 Sep 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:35

Playing on the Weight of the Hammer

Asked by: 57walker

A 24 Jul 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 03:00

Standing on the Thumb

Asked by: 57walker

A 16 Jul 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 04:15

On Legato

Asked by: 57walker

A 05 Jul 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 07:59

Which Part of the Hand is Touching the Key?

Asked by: exomedica

A 25 Jun 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 08:41

Palming the Keys

Asked by: 57walker

A 17 Jun 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 08:23

On building up Pianistic Endurance

Asked by: markeog

A 04 Jun 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 05:19

Phrasing with the Arm

Asked by: 57walker

A 25 May 2015 Intermediate

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1] 08:18

Flat vs Curved Fingers

Asked by: markeog

A 15 May 2015 Intermediate