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Videos tagged with 'Sound'

Piano Somatics: Why "How" You Play the Piano Affects the Musical Result

Alan shows how a standing hand at the piano leads to all sorts of improvement in sound quality an...

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27 May 2024 01:24 Beginner

Piano Somatics & Tai Chi Chuan

Alan explores the interesting overlap between the distinct walking patterns of Tai Chi and the ha...

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05 May 2024 02:27 Beginner

This is pure sound

Arm weight with arm skeleton

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29 Apr 2023 05:03 Beginner

Two hour piano lesson on one note

Piano is a percussion instrument. What kind of sound we get back depents of a kind of touch we pr...

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27 Mar 2023 02:31 Intermediate

Arm weight technique can actually sound very well

It also depends on what kind of sound you are going for

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07 Mar 2023 03:05 Beginner

Why is the hand arch so important?

Kind of a rudimentary question but often neglected.

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06 Mar 2023 04:44 Intermediate

How should you actually play forte?

Drop weight or stand up?

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02 Mar 2023 04:10 Beginner

What about articulations or orchestration while playing the piano?

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

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25 Jan 2023 02:56 Beginner

Sound of the skeleton

This feeling has to become a second nature when playing the piano

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05 Jan 2023 03:08 Beginner

Why do I have sound?

Part 3 - Rachmaninov Prelude Op.32 No.12 in G sharp minor

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10 Nov 2022 07:46 Intermediate

You be the conductor

Guild your forearm as if you were conducting an orchestra

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03 May 2022 05:58 Beginner

Agile wrist and forearm

Using the wrist to inflect the music, to form the music

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13 Apr 2021 06:18 Intermediate
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10 Mar 2021 05:30 Beginner

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

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29 Jan 2021 07:15 Beginner

By growing the arch as you create your sound

You are giving yourself completely different sonority

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26 Jan 2021 06:21 Beginner

Elastic vibrations

and it's not done with curled fingers

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20 Jan 2021 04:51 Intermediate
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14 Jan 2021 05:23 Beginner

Have your sound instantly

Wrist and strength adjustment for the instant great sound

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06 Jan 2021 05:09 Intermediate

The physical organisation can make your sound

The wrist always wants to be the important one, let the MCP do the work

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31 Dec 2020 04:48 Intermediate

The physical organisation can make your sound

The wrist always wants to be the important one, let the MCP do the work

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31 Dec 2020 04:48 Intermediate

Authoritative snapping sound

Character of the music dictates the touch

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28 Dec 2020 05:31 Beginner

Big sound in Rachmaninoff prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2

An hour long lesson on this prelude with emphasis on big sound

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18 Oct 2020 1:05:41 Intermediate

Get rid of the "down", especially in forte

Pianimals teachers exercise 26

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19 Aug 2020 02:56 Beginner
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17 Aug 2020 02:54 Beginner

Feel the wholebody

The body is moving and floating freely and the sound is great

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30 Mar 2020 09:40 Beginner

Moving Whole Body to Move the Sound

Slide is the reflection of the horizontal nature of the tone. Do not lock your body

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20 Dec 2019 16:13 Intermediate

Let the Melody Play You

Two way exchange between the player and piano is what we are after

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10 Nov 2019 07:12 Intermediate

Move the Sound

Send the energy in the right way

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06 Nov 2019 05:21 Intermediate

Controlling the keyboard and sound production

We are talking about the controlling the keyboard and sound production and Alan claims it all hap...

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10 Aug 2019 02:57 Advanced

Amazingly Focused Lead Sound

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

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30 Jun 2019 03:06 Beginner

Jazz Piano - Improve Structure to Improve Sound

Alan is explaining how to create open, singing sound

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31 May 2019 31:43 Intermediate

Real Debussy-Strange Combination of Static and Moving

Exploration of the sound is incredibly important piece of the puzzle.

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13 Jan 2019 Intermediate

Slowing Down the Keys and Making Big Sound

A special technique for not only more articulate playing but really healthy sound as well

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12 Oct 2018 04:15 Intermediate

Magical Moments that Matter

Series wrapup. And we also talk about that magic in sound that means a difference

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07 Jul 2018 08:32 Intermediate

More Vibrant Sound

And the hand organisation that allows it

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18 Jun 2018 04:21 Intermediate

It Needs to Sound

No matter what you think about the music or the score, it really needs to sound/resonate/vibrate....

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27 May 2018 04:39 Intermediate

Feel the Melody Pulsing

Asked by: ingela

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07 May 2018 02:27 Beginner

Rich and Powerful Sound With Arm Weight Technique

Alan explains the real mechanics behind the arm weight technique

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24 Apr 2018 06:59 Intermediate

Feel the Vibration of the Key

Expression arises out of physical relationship with the piano

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16 Jan 2018 03:17 Intermediate

Stay Supinated and Elasticised

We are working on left hand arpeggios

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02 Jan 2018 05:47 Intermediate

Massive Sound in Liszt without Banging

Liszt-WIlde Jagt-Transcendental Etude

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14 Dec 2017 50:53 Intermediate

The Whole Structure of the Piece

We are talking about the structure and Kemal points out that everything played must really sound...

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06 Dec 2017 07:14 Advanced

Is Over Relaxtion Limiting Your Sound

Structured vs relaxed hand and the sound we get (bone connections

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07 Nov 2017 12:52 Intermediate

Good Rhythm Makes Everything Sound Alive

Go to the hypermeasure without losing any of the subordinate rhythmic patterns

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05 Nov 2017 02:11 Advanced

Mystery Hidden in the Layers of Sound

We are moving through the piece and talking about the sound differentation, layers

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26 Oct 2017 06:11 Intermediate

The First Fundamental Requirement - Good Sound

Alan talks about the beginning of his work with Kemal

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23 Oct 2017 01:42 Beginner

Ondine - The Grammar of Touch

Book II, Prelude No. 8

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06 Oct 2017 08:37 Advanced

Balancing All the Down Forces with up Forces

Perceiving more "up" than "down"

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10 Sep 2017 03:01 Intermediate
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06 Sep 2017 02:44 Intermediate

Getting All the Colors We Need out of the Piano

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

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25 Aug 2017 04:45 Intermediate

How to get Big Sound at the Piano

Working with the keys, not against them and making the strings vibrate the right way

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24 Aug 2017 04:13 Intermediate

Interesting Harmonies

We are covering dolce appassionato and presto sections and talking about the character, harmonies...

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22 Aug 2017 06:44 Advanced
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29 Jul 2017 02:23 Intermediate

The Arch of the Hand is Always Elastically Loaded

Extreme Voicing opens up he sound of the piano, and the arch should be elastic

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21 Jul 2017 03:10 Intermediate

If We Grasp We Instantly Have the Arch Structure of the Hand

Use the arch and nullify the uglu down forces and get the healty tone

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19 Jul 2017 06:09 Intermediate

The Fingers are a Delivery System for the Wisdom of the Palm

Intimate contact with the keys, playing with the palm

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14 Jul 2017 04:28 Intermediate

Freely Floating Sound and Arm Weight

Alan shows how to get that rich full sound out of the piano

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28 Jun 2017 03:19 Intermediate

Exploring the Emotional World

Alan and Luba are looking into very deep emotions, feeling of despondency in the main theme

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22 May 2017 08:33 Advanced

The World of Berceuse

We are exploring that touch and that feeling of 'tunneling the keys' in order to get the sound we...

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10 May 2017 22:29 Advanced

Why The Less Flexible Wrist

You stop moving the wrist and music acquires this static quality

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01 May 2017 05:44 Intermediate

Sense of a Buzzing Color

Alan wants to hear all the voices and brings out more peculiarities of Debussy's composing style

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05 Apr 2017 06:07 Intermediate

Always Feel the Underlying Current of Sadness

We are beginning our journey into decoding Schumann

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31 Mar 2017 23:57 Advanced

Asserting the Sound - Moving Before the Key Moves

The difference between solidifying the structure/internal movement and the sound we get by doing...

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29 Mar 2017 02:06 Intermediate

Internalizing Musical Intention

Today we are talking about inner organization of the hand in order to archive a special quality o...

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10 Mar 2017 03:43 Intermediate

The Wrist Movement for Debussy

Alan shows a wrist movement totally opposite from what you would expect

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24 Feb 2017 05:02 Intermediate

Suggestion-Accents-Non-Accents

Kemal is looking for a specific dirty sound and explains the difference between accents and non a...

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22 Feb 2017 05:45 Intermediate

Getting That Debussy Sound

We are trying to understand and decipher that specific sound

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12 Feb 2017 06:38 Intermediate

The Balance of the Down and Up Forces

Alan explains how to balance out the sound, soundboard and Horowitz

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15 Nov 2016 01:40 Beginner

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

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

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14 Nov 2016 11:05 Intermediate

How Do We Apply All This in Music

We are talking about phrasing, sound, horizontal playing..

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13 Oct 2016 04:59 Beginner

Rachmaninov-Prelude in G minor

Valuable info on orchestration, sound, performance...

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28 May 2016 13:06 Intermediate

Liszt-Wilde Jagd Part 3

Alan is heloing Remon get a great sound and become one with the piano

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09 May 2016 13:54 Intermediate

Piano Walking and the Young Pianists

Alan works with a young student and explains the propper technique

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14 Mar 2016 05:10 Intermediate

Drop and Stand

Functional standing that gives us the quality tone

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14 Mar 2016 03:18 Intermediate

Making the Piano Sound Exceptional

Hand's structure and function and how does that relate to the sound

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19 Feb 2016 06:35 Intermediate

What Makes the Sound Louder

Asked by: hadarmo2

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05 Feb 2016 03:46 Intermediate
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22 Jan 2016 03:40 Intermediate

Elastic Hand - Playing From Within The Key

Melt your hand into the piano and get alive sound

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15 Jan 2016 05:27 Intermediate

Chopin - Nocturne Op 48 No 1

Entire, unedited lesson on Chopin's Nocturne

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09 Nov 2015 46:26 Intermediate

Musical Aesthetics and Technique Part 2

Part 2 and a small q&a session

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04 Nov 2015 15:05 Intermediate

Proactive Hand

We talk about the arch, the thumb, standing up and proactive hand

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27 Oct 2015 06:19 Intermediate

Alive Sound

Alan talks about the arch, arm weight, how to make sound alive

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07 Sep 2015 21:26 Intermediate