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Dystonia

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Dystonia Exercises - Scale Patterns 03:49

Four entities that will help fingers do their job

Body, arm, wrist and the thumb

A 12 Nov 2024 Intermediate
Dystonia Exercises - Scale Patterns 09:45

Keep the feeling of structural security

We are retraining the unjured hand and trying to activate certain muscles

A 08 Nov 2024 Intermediate
Dystonia Exercises - Scale Patterns 07:34

Let the thumbs support the dystonic hand

A slow exercise where we allow the thumb to support the injured hand/fingers

A 06 Nov 2024 Intermediate
Dystonia Exercises - Scale Patterns 06:00

Where do we start? Let's stand up the hand first

First things first, propper hand structure is a must

A 03 Nov 2024 Beginner
Intro to Piano Kinematics 11:35

Injury and Dystonia

A bit about injury from Alan's personal experience

A 07 Nov 2018 Intermediate
Performance Injury - Road to Recovery 06:35

A Specific Degree of Muscle Tonus

Alan is talking about specific type of tonus on the fingers complementary to the tonus of the thumb

A 01 Nov 2018 Intermediate
Performance Injury - Road to Recovery 07:38

Remove The Bad Neuro Motor Patterns

and focal dystonia might just go away

A 27 Jun 2018 Advanced
Pianists and Focal Dystonia 51:21
Sample Piano Technique Lessons 46:34

Hand Arch-Thumb Activation Exercises

Arm should do most of the work, fingers are only keeping the keys down

A 24 Mar 2017 Intermediate
Alan Fraser & Other Musicians 31:37

Alan Working with the Clarinetist

Clarinet-Kreisler-Leibeslied (Vussem 2014)

A 24 Mar 2017 Beginner
Pianists and Focal Dystonia 02:43

Focal Dystonia

Alan talks about dystonia and how to avoid/fix it

A 23 Mar 2017 Beginner
Alan Fraser & Other Musicians 37:47

Alan Working with the Flutist

Flute-Bach Sonata (Vussem 2014)

A 17 Mar 2016 Beginner