Legato

Liga legato and the musical arm

Alan introduces greasy liga legato and shows that wrong accents disappear when the hand has enough arch and the arm keeps flowing. He describes the arms as little musical brains

Maintain the standing function of the hand

There is always a tendency to mess it up

To what degree does the hand extend and contract during arpeggios?

Alan answers a question while demonstrating on Chopin's Op. 25 No. 12

The hand should generate the force within itself

Organisation of the hand is very capable. Practice overholding!

The finger moves the key, the arm is a shock absorber

For a live, vibrant sound

Maintain tonus throughout the hand

Constantly evolving, empowering tonus of the hand

Anything that stops the movement stops the musical flow

The beauty of the tone is in perfect blending of subsequent melodic notes

The gravity is educating and informing skeleton how it can org itself into vertically without any effort

Practical Examples of Piano Pedagogy Part 1

Alan dealing with a student who overused the arm and could not play legato

Overhold and Move Through

We are talking about legato, rotation, overholding, the arch

On Legato

Asked by: 57walker

Legato and Arches of the Hand Lecture Part 2

Part 2 of the lecture on Arches of the Hand