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Videos tagged with 'Rotation'

Chapter 24 - Rotating Rattlesnake

We explore keeping the hand supple in an octave by pronating it and supinating it while holding onto a large interval

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23 Apr 2026 01:12 Beginner

It looks like a circle but it doesn't feel like it

In order to go fast, we must conserve the movement of the hand

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13 Feb 2024 06:29 Intermediate

Rotation in scales and arpeggios

It's not only the hands are involved in rotation process but the whole body

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14 Mar 2023 03:22 Intermediate

There is more about rotation then just simple hand rotation

What if we applied the science of human walking to the hand rotation

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13 Mar 2023 04:12 Intermediate

Rotate internally and don't drop your wrist

Alan explores and explains some key concepts in the midst of going through dozen a day. Things like internal rotation an...

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16 Nov 2021 08:04 Beginner

The thumb should not invert

Also on forearm rotation and octaves

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02 Oct 2020 05:56 Intermediate

Rotation

Pianimals teachers exercise 24

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15 Aug 2020 01:24 Beginner

How to Teach Rotation?

It is a fluid state of your hand. Link it to the thumb!

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08 Mar 2019 09:24 Intermediate

Taubman Rotation

Alan talks about the importance of explaining and showing these concepts well.

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03 Mar 2019 09:14 Intermediate

Chopin-Etude in f Minor Op 25 No 2

Quite a few concepts from rotation to elasticity

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26 Oct 2018 10:26 Intermediate

How to Practice Scales Slowly

By activating hand's hip joint all the way

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05 Jul 2018 05:13 Intermediate

The Hand Stays in Balance

The true point of unstable equilbrium and the mental image we need to cultivate

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01 Apr 2018 03:32 Beginner

What is Unstable Equilibrium

We are also talking about rotation, arm weight, directions of movement and more

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02 Jan 2018 07:10 Advanced

The Relationship With Unstable Equilirbrium

is the real value 3 cardinal directions of movement bring to the piano

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10 Dec 2017 04:01 Intermediate

Maria del Pico Taylor and Rotation

Swiveling is not rotation

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25 Nov 2017 05:45 Intermediate

Rotation - The Cardinal Direction

How Alan felt about Taubman rotation

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25 Nov 2017 03:28 Intermediate

Rotation While Maintaining Skeletal Balance

The paralel between hipjoints and the hand and the ease of lateral movement at the piano

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16 Nov 2017 03:14 Intermediate
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29 Jul 2017 03:28 Intermediate

Very Alive Fingers

Rotation is allowing fingers to stand up

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22 Mar 2017 04:22 Intermediate

Rotation and Elastical Connection

Alan is building up Mario's collapsed hand. The hand is joined by elastic strings of bones and has hyper-snake like move...

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13 Mar 2017 08:03 Advanced

Functional Wrist and Thumb for Better Scales

Stable wrist, rotation and functional thumb are prerequisites for healthy scales

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05 Feb 2017 08:34 Advanced

Rotation and the Thumb

Alan is bringing the thumb into the picture. Rotating the opposite way?

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16 Jan 2017 06:19 Advanced

The Thumb and Rotation

Rotation in relation with the thumb

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11 Jan 2017 03:11 Intermediate

Unstable Equilibrium and Rotation

Part 2 out of 3 in from Alan's Q&A on rotation. We are talking about the true skeletal alignment and rotating on the not...

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09 Jan 2017 05:02 Advanced

Amplification of How We Use Rotation

Question turned in a small series and this is part 1. Alan talks about what he has recently learned about rotation

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06 Jan 2017 05:00 Intermediate

The Three Cardinal Directions of Movement

We are talking about Feldenkrais exercises and how related they are to piano technique

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31 Dec 2016 02:28 Intermediate

Dorothy Taubman and Rotation

A short video on Alan's latest discovery on rotation. We will cover this topic in more detail in a featured series very...

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31 Dec 2016 01:57 Intermediate

MCP and Scales

Do you tuck the finger under, rotate or you do something completely different?

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05 Dec 2016 05:08 Intermediate

Chopin-Etude Opus 10 No 1

From a small workshop in Amherst, MA 2016.

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22 Nov 2016 23:37 Intermediate

Arch and Rotation

Asked during AFF Institute in Montreal, France - Asked by: Cosima

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27 Oct 2016 07:57 Intermediate

Micro Rotation

Alan talks about micro rotation adjustments that are essential to playing

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22 Oct 2016 05:04 Intermediate

Body and Rotation

We are talking the conversation to the body ans Alan demonstrates

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22 Sep 2016 06:27 Intermediate

Rotation and Walking

Alan and Mario discuss rotation and how it comes within the body - Bach - G minor Invention

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15 Sep 2016 08:32 Intermediate

Rotation in Scales and Leaps

Alan talks about scales and leaps and gives examples from the literature

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23 Dec 2015 08:04 Intermediate

Rotation and Counter Rotation for a Healthy Hand

Alan talks about remedial effects rotation has on piano technique as well as rotation in scales

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21 Dec 2015 10:04 Intermediate

Rotation vs Swiveling in Arpeggios

Alan taks about rotation and swiveling and touches on Taubman method too

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09 Dec 2015 06:35 Intermediate

Metacarpals and Rotation in Octaves

Last day of AFFI Smith 2015 lecture/Q&A

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11 Nov 2015 06:56 Intermediate

On Rotation

"I think the rotation happens without you thinking about it

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02 Nov 2015 08:18 Intermediate

Suppleness and Speed

How to gain even more speed when playing

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06 Oct 2015 05:58 Intermediate

Chopin - Op 10 No 1 - How to Play Faster - Rotation

Alan is helping a student play this etude faster by introducing rotation

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05 Oct 2015 06:42 Intermediate

Rotation and Stretchy Passages

Alan talks about rotation via Liszt's La campanella

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11 Sep 2015 08:45 Intermediate

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

Lesson on Rachmaninov prelude but Alan talks a great deal about rotation.

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26 Aug 2014 24:43 Intermediate