Arm weight
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Practical applications of piano somatics
06:12
A singing line is achieved when the arm joints notes
While the fingers do their thing
Translucent sound for improved expression
03:01
Weighted touch is not good for phrasing
You can't think horizontally if you play the piano vertically
Translucent sound for improved expression
03:05
Arm weight technique can actually sound very well
It also depends on what kind of sound you are going for
Basics of piano somatics
01:42
What is arm weight piano technique?
A quick review of the weighted piano technique from Alan
Awakening an inert hand
06:26
You are relaxed, good, now do something
Enrich the sensation of the palm to your own advantage
Awakening an inert hand
02:37
The weight in no longer part of the equation
The piano lever is always totally free because the skeleton carries the weight
Awakening an inert hand
06:06
When playing the piano, weight is a burden, mass is a tool!
The skeleton manages the weight completely
"Horizontalizing" the piece
14:03
When I feel my weight, I feel I am in the relationship with gravity
Why should weight be heavy?
"Horizontalizing" the piece
07:48
Arms' function is lateral not vertical
Sculpt the phrase with an arm and be aware of the line (Prokofiev Vision Fugitives, Op. 22)
Jazz Piano & Physical Movement
05:59
Jazz Piano & Physical Movement
06:55
Jazz Piano & Physical Movement
06:07
If you know what your doing you can do it really well
Alan talks more about how to become confident at the piano
Jazz Piano & Physical Movement
08:34
Keith Jarrett Sound
Alan is helping Marvin find that weighted touch that still allows him to move
Jazz Piano & Physical Movement
05:27
Continuous Weighted Touch
Eliminating negative stacking effect of weight on piano
Jazz Piano & Physical Movement
05:28
The Real Arm Weight and Jazz Piano
Could arm weight be beneficial to jazz pianists if explained well?
The Physics of Orchestration
03:24
Weighted Touch and the Nature of the Key
Alan covers a few important concepts in this short episode such as paying attention to everything in the score
Biotensegrity: A New View Of Anatomy And Its Implications For Piano Technique
05:03
Weight Technique as Biotensegrity Entity
Arm weight isn't bad really. What's important is the way it's explained
Weight Unsuited to Moving a Lever
04:34
Is Weighted Touch Good for You
Weighted touch reduces melodic flexibility and orchestral sound
Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2]
07:50
Weight Unsuited to Moving a Lever
05:41
Weight Unsuited to Moving a Lever
Alan talking about his work with Phil his school of pianism.
Unstable Equilibrium
04:46
Unstable Equilibrium
03:25
Transfer of Weight Not Falling
Pelvis (arm hip-joint) is smoothing everything out
Unstable Equilibrium
04:07
How to Establish a State of Unstable Equilibrium
Ballancing up and down forces, but how would you do that?
Arm Weight Technique - Myth and Reality
04:10
Loose Finger Joints and the Arm Weight Technique
We need to provide certain neurological sensory images for our brain
Arm Weight Technique - Myth and Reality
06:43
Playing Chords in an Organized Way
As long as our hands are standing and not falling
Arm Weight Technique - Myth and Reality
06:56
Eastern European Arm Weight Technique
Seems to be very vertical in it's approach but the hand needs to be "lateralized" at some point
Arm Weight Technique - Myth and Reality
06:59
Rich and Powerful Sound With Arm Weight Technique
Alan explains the real mechanics behind the arm weight technique
Arm Weight Technique - Myth and Reality
05:25
Arm Weight Technique - Myth and Reality
06:05
Larger and Warmer Sound
07:10
What is Unstable Equilibrium
We are also talking about rotation, arm weight, directions of movement and more
The Three Pianistic Cardinal Directions of Movement
06:30
Galvanize Your Hand
Alan is showing a technique that might be useful to a few people
Pianists and Focal Dystonia
47:46
The Tragedy and the Cure of Arm Weight Technique
An amazing 47 minute long lesson on arm weight with subtitles (Brahms B flat intermezzo Op 117 No 2)
How do we use rotation?
03:14
Rotation While Maintaining Skeletal Balance
The paralel between hipjoints and the hand and the ease of lateral movement at the piano
The Antigravity Function and Biotensegrity
03:24
Arm Weight Technique and Antigravity
What allows us to produce tones that have musical value and no agression in them?
How to Teach Arm Weight Technique?
03:19
Freely Floating Sound and Arm Weight
Alan shows how to get that rich full sound out of the piano
The Good Arm Weight Technique
14:34
Standing and Arm Weight How To
Remon is caught up in dichotomy. Standing is good but thinking about it all the time can be inhibiting.
How to Teach Arm Weight Technique?
03:45
Pianistic Self Image
We should be working on empowering the pianistic self image
How to Teach Arm Weight Technique?
05:14
How to Actually Teach Arm Weight
Risk of introducing arm weight Technique at the beginning
How to Teach Arm Weight Technique?
04:25
Educate the Hand
When the hand is resolved the body start working really well
How to Teach Arm Weight Technique?
04:59
Arm Weight - Who is it for
Arm Weight is very easy to misunderstand. Should we have it in our pianistic toolbox?
How to Teach Arm Weight Technique?
04:47
Invoke that Degree of Elasticity
Allow yourself to fall and then elastically stand
How to Teach Arm Weight Technique?
05:06
The Sound Can not Be Rigid but Elastic
Elasticity bring a specific vitality to our sound
How to Teach Arm Weight Technique?
04:59
Intro - The Kind of Action We are Looking For
Connect but don't compress the key, that's the trick
The Good Arm Weight Technique
01:44
The Good Arm Weight Technique
03:47
Activate the Thumb
Alan is helping Adrien activate his thumb and make it a bit more organic by allowing it to push the hand up.
The Good Arm Weight Technique
06:05
Elastic Standing
A fresh take on arm weight. Thumb through shoulder connection via elastic thumb
Elements of Effective Piano Technique
02:17
Elements of Effective Piano Technique
02:17
Elements of Effective Piano Technique
02:45
Arm Weight - The Right Way
Continuation of the second lesson in this series, and a few other concepts
Elements of Effective Piano Technique
05:29
Bone Alignment and the Schools of Piano Technique
Have we all been taught arm weight wrong?
PianoTechnique.org Videos in French
46:35
Young Pianists
09:33
Arm Weight Discussion
A lesson with a young pianist from 2009. Alan talks about arm weight and skeletality
Arm Weight - Way to Go or Not?
02:41
Biotensegrity for a Better Hand
Biotensegrity makes every piano approach better and unifies them all
Arm Weight - Way to Go or Not?
03:20
Arm Weight - Way to Go or Not?
02:57
Arm Weight - Way to Go or Not?
04:52
Making Peace with Gravity
Alan explains how arm weight divorces hand from the gravity
Arm Weight - Way to Go or Not?
04:05
Differentiation of Fingers and the Arm
Alan explains what the arm weight is and how people fail to explain it well
Arm Weight - Way to Go or Not?
06:12
Lambasting Arm Weight Technique
Alan talks about how he has felt about arm weight most of his life
AFF Institute - Smith College 2015
04:00
Elastic Release and Extensors
Alan talks about elastic loading, stretch reflex, Kemal Gekic, Taubman
AFF Institute - Victoria, BC 2015
05:44
Fixing the Arm Weight
Alan demonstrates how to fix the arm weight (if you wanted to) in a few simple steps
AFF Institute - Victoria, BC 2015
21:26
Alive Sound
Alan talks about the arch, arm weight, how to make sound alive
Alan Fraser's Institute - Ottawa July 2014
08:09
Lecture on Arm Weight and Harpsichord Technique Part 1
Alan is comparing harpsichord technique to the modern technique and talks about arm weight school as well.