Exercises by maintaining relaxed arms while keeping fingers gently unified like a seal flipper
Franz Liszt technical exercises - 8 dynamic levels
The piano hears and responds
Alan is talking about and demonstrating the natural flow of the body that is required while playing
Our focused mind can only handle so much while we play. We need to educate the body how to play
or ischial tuberosity
A Feldenkrais exercise demonstrated by Alan
Building up the arch..
Wrists don't have to be high
Deep knee bend
An exercise for the bouncy feeling that works out the muscles
Deep breathing is done with the pelvis
Hopping exercise
Move the arm behind the finger
Alan thinks walking and running follows up a bit later in the process but..
Standing exercise
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Exercise 2
Exercise 1
You hands might be small but you can still stretch them
We need to be well balanced when playing the piano, no other way.
Forget holding an apple, supination does not let your hand fall down
Everybody wants to over secure but tense up. Arm needs to be in motion all the time
In independence, there is always inter dependence
Like the Tai Chi empty step
Thumb can move in three different ways but we don't want to flex it really
And we don't really think about it in our day to day activities
Exploring horizontal movement of the injured hand
Rene shows his exercise he uses with his studenta
A bit of theory and hands on exercises with young pianists. From Montreal, CA 2019 workshop
Alan is demonstrating a few important concepts
Alan and Jean are working around the injury and trying to make the thumb work again
Warmup session designed to sync movements of pelvis with the hands
Part 3
We continue where we left off in part 1
A follow up lesson where Alan and Will practice core principles like the arch on slow excercises
