Tone
25 videos tagged with this topic.
Liszt - Transcendental etudes
11:04
Achieving virtuosity and tone color
Alan and Rafael critique the performance, focusing on physical techniques like thumb activation, correcting rhythmic errors, and prioritizing dark, expressive tone coloring over sheer volume
Liszt - Transcendental etudes
08:55
Liszt - Vision - Performance and why the thumb is runining your piano tone
Think softening your thumb makes impressionist passages sound more delicate? Think again. In this lesson, we dig into measures 32–33 and discover how a powerful, accented thumb launch is the secret to fluid, marble-like tone, not the enemy of it
Translucent sound for improved expression
02:31
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 provide
Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2]
02:10
Float the arm
The question was about the Rachmaninoff concerto but can it be applied to anything?
Prokofiev - Sonata No 3 in a Minor
08:53
Quiet as Cinderella
Kemal focuses on explaining how different sounds can bring out a variety of different characters
The Physics of Orchestration
02:57
Controlling the keyboard and sound production
We are talking about the controlling the keyboard and sound production and Alan claims it all happens before we even play
The Physics of Orchestration
03:06
Amazingly Focused Lead Sound
Ever wondered if something was missing in your playing but you couldn't pin it down?
World Of Debussy Articulations
Real Debussy-Strange Combination of Static and Moving
Exploration of the sound is incredibly important piece of the puzzle.
Intro to Piano Kinematics
02:38
Chopin Etudes Op. 10
18:21
Chopin-Etude in E Major Op 10 No 3
Working on a specific touch that works for entire etude
Mephisto Waltz No. 1 with Kemal Gekic
08:32
Magical Moments that Matter
Series wrapup. And we also talk about that magic in sound that means a difference
Larger and Warmer Sound
04:21
Bach's Inventions
09:24
D Major Two Part Invention
We are in search of that specific D major bubbly sound
Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2]
02:27
Arm Weight Technique - Myth and Reality
06:59
Rich and Powerful Sound With Arm Weight Technique
Alan explains the real mechanics behind the arm weight technique
Micrortiming And A New Expressive Aesthetic
03:17
Feel the Vibration of the Key
Expression arises out of physical relationship with the piano
The Antigravity Function and Biotensegrity
04:59
World Of Debussy Articulations
03:26
World Of Debussy Articulations
08:37
Larger and Warmer Sound
04:45
Getting All the Colors We Need out of the Piano
No weight of the arm interfering with "dancing" with the notes
The Antigravity Function and Biotensegrity
06:09
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
The Antigravity Function and Biotensegrity
04:28
The Fingers are a Delivery System for the Wisdom of the Palm
Intimate contact with the keys, playing with the palm
The Antigravity Function and Biotensegrity
05:47
Antigravity is Wired in to our Neuro Motor System
Alan talks about antigravity function, how to use it and get that springy, pure quality tone
World Of Debussy Articulations
05:44
Why The Less Flexible Wrist
You stop moving the wrist and music acquires this static quality
World Of Debussy Articulations
08:11