Elasticity is the way here
Kemal's rendition of Chopin's etude Op. 10 no. 10 (Montreal, Canada, 1988)
Alan answers a question while demonstrating on Chopin's Op. 25 No. 12
Reverse ding dong moment
Etude in c minor
Etude in a minor
Etude in b minor
Etude in g flat major
Etude in d flat major
Etude in c sharp minor
Etude in g sharp minor
Etude in e minor
Etude in a minor
Etude in F major
Etude in f minor
Etude in A flat major
Octaves and the beautiful middle section. Such a versatile etude.
Get the touch for Chopin's sound. The action on modern pianos is more heavy than on pianos in Chopin's time.
Keep the hand in this state where you don't think of the 6th in the right hand and maintain the elastic structure
Oh that left hand..
Stand up and become snaky!
Everybody plays staccato but they forget to phrase while doing so
We are looking for a specific degree of flattens in the fingers that gives us "snappy" and sharp sound we want
Etude in c minor - Revolutionary etude
Etude in e flat major
Etude in a flat major
Etude in f minor
Etude in f major
Etude in C major
Etude in e flat minor
Etude in g flat major
Etude in c sharp minor
Etude in e major
Etude in a minor
Left hand!
Quite a few concepts from rotation to elasticity
Not too difficult if you apply a few simple tips
Moving finger bones, no falling finger bones
It's really an etude for the thumb - Alan (45 min long)
Working on a specific touch that works for entire etude
A quick video with some tips and tricks on a minor etude op 10
A study of articulations - Alan
Standing up without rigidifying your structure
Don't follow the finger down into the key
The famous Revolutionary etude
Kemal plays the Harp etude
We are actually braking the hand structure and figuring out what is needed here
Rotation is allowing fingers to stand up
Alan is building up Mario's collapsed hand. The hand is joined by elastic strings of bones and has hyper-snake like movement similar to Chopin's hand.
The sound picture for the entire etude
Alan gives useful pointers ofor left hand in Chopin's black keys etude
Alan talks about the sound and scouping, fulcrum like movement that induces elasticity in the hand. Via Chopin's Black Key etude
We wrap up this mini series with part 3
Part 2
The effects strengthening of the hand has on speed and movement
How to gain even more speed when playing
Alan is helping a student play this etude faster by introducing rotation
