We explore growing the hand arch suddenly, as if the fingers were a diver's legs springing off a diving board
The hands are the first point of contact with the piano, hence we must make sure they are solid
Alan is talking about and demonstrating the natural flow of the body that is required while playing
Fingers/legs moving while torso is still
and use them to play not only scales, but everything really
The hand has this amazing capacity to individuate parts of itself from within
Bach - Prelude in C Minor BWV 847
Inner hand action and the thumb differentiation
with comments (Alan)
to get it out of certain patterns
Structured vs relaxed hand and the sound we get (bone connections
Extreme Voicing opens up he sound of the piano, and the arch should be elastic
Arm should do most of the work, fingers are only keeping the keys down
"Adding" the forearm to the hand
Alan is helping Adrien activate his thumb and make it a bit more organic by allowing it to push the hand up.
Alan is building up Mario's collapsed hand. The hand is joined by elastic strings of bones and has hyper-snake like move...
Is flexion in the hand echoed in extension of the back and we are also talking about the bench height
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Chopin's Etude Op.25 #1 - Ohio, November 2016
Alan is building student's arch from the ground up in a few steps
Muscles, hand, arch, movement
Deeging deeper in the hand function and movement, interossei, MCP
Alan talks about micro rotation adjustments that are essential to playing
A new series on thumb in the light of the organic hand approach
Alan wraps up the lecture and the series by talking about palm, harpsichord, walking..
Walking and the unity of the hand
Alan is explaining how to 'stand up' the hand while playing scales
In a moving way..the propper way to touch the piano
Alan talks about how student's hands transform and look better when being functional
Translate vertical movement to horizontal phrase shaping
Completely unstable but balanced hand
A question on how do we set up a beginner's hand on the piano
Alan talks about curved finger curles, Glenn Gould and Horowitz and other various techniques
Alex just had his first lesson with Alan. He learns how to use his hands efficiently
Alan is talking about Alberti bass and hand structure
Alan sharing new discoveries
Melt your hand into the piano and get alive sound
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Biotensegrity makes every piano approach better and unifies them all
Alan talks about elastic loading, stretch reflex, Kemal Gekic, Taubman
We talk about the arch, the thumb, standing up and proactive hand
Part 3
We continue where we left off in part 1
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A follow up lesson where Alan and Will practice core principles like the arch on slow excercises
Last part in this mini series, Alan helps Will stand up and get desired results
Alan is 'rebuilding' Will's hand using Feldenkrais techniques
