Lessons tagged with 'Beginner'

The basics - the differentiation

How can you let go and still hold on?

Alan Fraser
Dec 20, 2022 Beginner Lesson

"Cliffhang" to curl the fingertip

Pianimals teachers exercise 28

Alan Fraser
Aug 26, 2020 Beginner Information

A growing hand arch even in octaves

Pianimals teachers exercise 27

Alan Fraser
Aug 23, 2020 Beginner Information

Get rid of the "down", especially in forte

Pianimals teachers exercise 26

Alan Fraser
Aug 19, 2020 Beginner Information
Alan Fraser
Aug 17, 2020 Beginner Information

Rotation

Pianimals teachers exercise 24

Alan Fraser
Aug 15, 2020 Beginner Information

Overholding

Pianimals teachers exercise 23

Alan Fraser
Aug 13, 2020 Beginner Information

Whip the arm up to play a fast scale

Pianimals teachers exercise 22

Alan Fraser
Aug 11, 2020 Beginner Information

Stand on 2nd finger, reach thumb to inside

Pianimals teachers exercise 21

Alan Fraser
Aug 9, 2020 Beginner Information

A snapping scale

Pianimals teachers exercise 20

Alan Fraser
Aug 7, 2020 Beginner Information

Sauntering

Pianimals teachers exercise 19

Alan Fraser
Aug 2, 2020 Beginner Information
Alan Fraser
Jul 30, 2020 Beginner Information

Manipulate the key: grab its edge

Pianimals teachers exercise 17

Alan Fraser
Jul 22, 2020 Beginner Information

Turn the hand into a bell clapper: bong the keys

Pianimals teachers exercise 16

Alan Fraser
Jul 22, 2020 Beginner Information
Alan Fraser
Jul 17, 2020 Beginner Information

Make the hand a roly-poly

Pianimals teachers exercise 14

Alan Fraser
Jul 17, 2020 Beginner Information
Alan Fraser
Jul 16, 2020 Beginner Information

A floating arm, a feather standing finger

Pianimals teachers exercise 12

Alan Fraser
Jul 16, 2020 Beginner Information

The thumb: tromping trolls and leaping stallions

Pianimals teachers exercise 11

Alan Fraser
Jul 16, 2020 Beginner Information

The aligator jaw

Pianimals teachers exercise 10

Alan Fraser
Jul 16, 2020 Beginner Information

The crocodile jaw

Pianimals teachers exercise 9

Alan Fraser
Jul 14, 2020 Beginner Information

Different types of bird beak

Pianimals teachers exercise 8a

Alan Fraser
Jul 14, 2020 Beginner Information

Fingers form a bird beak

Pianimals teachers exercise 7

Alan Fraser
Jul 14, 2020 Beginner Information

The versatile, agile, potent thumb

Pianimals teachers exercise 6

Alan Fraser
Jul 14, 2020 Beginner Information

Flopping and rolling

Pianimals teachers exercise 5

Alan Fraser
Jul 5, 2020 Beginner Information

Heel sinks, fingers cat scratch

Pianimals teachers exercise 4

Alan Fraser
Jul 5, 2020 Beginner Information

Sink heel, peck keys with bird beak fingers

Pianimals teachers exercise 3

Alan Fraser
Jul 5, 2020 Beginner Information

Sink heel, flop fingers

Pianimals teachers exercise 2

Alan Fraser
Jun 21, 2020 Beginner Information

The most beautiful sound in the world

Pianimals teachers exercise 1

Alan Fraser
Jun 19, 2020 Beginner Information

5 finger overholding

Exercise 12

Alan Fraser
Jun 12, 2020 Beginner Information

The cat scratch

Exercise 11

Alan Fraser
Jun 12, 2020 Beginner Information

Hooking

Exercise 10

Alan Fraser
Jun 12, 2020 Beginner Information

Rotation in leaps

Exercise 9

Alan Fraser
Jun 12, 2020 Beginner Information

Rolling

Exercise 7

Alan Fraser
Jun 9, 2020 Beginner Information

Walking

Exercise 6

Alan Fraser
Jun 7, 2020 Beginner Information

Poking

Exercise 5

Alan Fraser
Jun 7, 2020 Beginner Information

Sliding

Exercise 4

Alan Fraser
Jun 6, 2020 Beginner Information

Standing

Exercise 3

Alan Fraser
Jun 5, 2020 Beginner Information

Empower the thumb

Exercise 2

Alan Fraser
Jun 4, 2020 Beginner Information
Alan Fraser
May 28, 2020 Beginner Information

Grasping: basic arch creation

Introduction to Pianimals

Alan Fraser
May 28, 2020 Beginner Information

Bach - Invention in a Minor No 13

Piano lesson given to a violinist. Very useful lesson on phrasing

Alan Fraser
May 30, 2019 Beginner Lesson

Piano Exercises for Beginners

A bit of theory and hands on exercises with young pianists. From Montreal, CA 2019 workshop

Alan Fraser
May 20, 2019 Beginner Lecture

Everything we do is Intimately Related to the Musical Content

All this talk about technique, what about musicianship

Alan Fraser
Oct 4, 2018 Beginner Tutorial

One Fundamental Idea that will Change Your Piano Technique

Something so simple but not taught well

Alan Fraser
Sep 30, 2018 Beginner Tutorial

There is no Drop

One of the biggest problems in modern piano pedagogy, often not taught the right way

Alan Fraser
Sep 28, 2018 Beginner Tutorial

Skeletal Functional Dynamics and Feldenkrais Method

A brief intro to Alan's method and the site as a learning tool

Alan Fraser
Sep 28, 2018 Beginner Tutorial