Orchestration

Marcato accents and orchestrating with the hand

Alan explains how to play the staccato accents and how the arm can carve a marcato phrase. He also shows how lifting the knuckles frees the shoulder and helps the hand orchestrate

An attitude for voicing

When playing the piano, orchestration and voicing is your bread and butter

What about articulations or orchestration while playing the piano?

Alan is taking ideas from Feldenkrais and applying it to piano technique

Get the basic sound right away

Part 2 - Rachmaninov Prelude Op.32 No.12 in G sharp minor

The arch is the source of all your tone colorations

Not only that but the very solid foundation on what you should base your piano technique

Voice of the hand is in the arch of the hand

Harmonic language has emotional logic

We are exploring big sound as well as orchestration in Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G minor Op 23 No 5

Orchestration is Done with Articulation

Orchestration is done with articulation instead of dynamics

Orchestration in Bach

How do we orchestrate in Bach?

The Organic Standing

The hand is related to the body, it's movable and breathing

This is how You Orchestrate

Always be moving. Finger action evolves out of the phrase movement.

Meaning can come through Orchestration

But it shouldn't be imposed or forced

Piano Key is a Mechanical Mimic of Tensegrity Structure

A wonderful demonstration of orchestration at the piano

Amazingly Focused Lead Sound

Ever wondered if something was missing in your playing but you couldn't pin it down?

Is Weighted Touch Good for You

Weighted touch reduces melodic flexibility and orchestral sound

When I play right hand forte my left hand plays loudly too

Asked by: ArthurDing

The Difficult Art of Orchestration

How to really orchestrate at the piano

Getting All the Colors We Need out of the Piano

No weight of the arm interfering with "dancing" with the notes

Throw Yourself into the Certain Frame of Mind

When you hyper orchestrate, the soul appears

Chopin-Etude Opus 10 No 1

From a small workshop in Amherst, MA 2016.

Liszt-Liebestraum in A Flat Major - The Thumb Part 1

Another recent lesson with a focus on the thumb, orchestration and sound

Chopin-Hand Structure in the Harp Etude Part 2

Alan is throwing a lot of super useful info at the student.

Rachmaninov-Prelude in G minor

Valuable info on orchestration, sound, performance...

What Comes First

Asked by: jocahdj

Expressive Sonority

Alan talks about bold melodic siging or

Three Dimensional Piano Playing

Alan talks about the three dimensions while creating music

Lecture on Orchestration Part 2

Alan is talking about the role of the knee and there is an interesting Q&A session afterwards.

Lecture on Orchestration Part 1

Alan is talking about importance of orchestration and how to approach it best.