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Alan Fraser

Alan Fraser

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Born in Montreal in 1955 Alan Fraser studied piano but also delved into composition, cello, classical singing and had several stints as a pop musician. Alan’s main pianistic influence was the pioneering research of Phil Cohen who studied alongside Ronald Turini, Andre Laplante and Janina Fialkowska with Yvonne Hubert, who had been Cortot‘s assistant in Paris. Alan spent several years with Cohen after an apprenticeship with two former Cohen students, Alan Belkin and Lauretta Milkman.

Use skeletal structure to achieve better control and articulation in fugue playing

We are focusing on correcting accents and strengthening fourth finger performance

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30 Apr 2025 07:03 Beginner

Overcome challenges with the fourth finger

Alan helps a student improve their fugue performance by addressing hand positioning, finger contr...

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23 Apr 2025 07:03 Intermediate

Rethinking the musical approach to Bach's WTK 2 D major prelude

Alan demonstrates how understanding the compositional structure of Bach's challenging prelude req...

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21 Apr 2025 11:25 Beginner

The importance of standing fingers for rich, exalted sound

Proper finger posture—keeping fingers 'standing' rather than relaxed or twisted—creates richer ha...

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20 Apr 2025 06:23 Intermediate

Improving finger technique for better sound and less fatigue

Alan demonstrates how proper finger positioning—keeping fingertips up and thumbs down—produces ri...

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15 Apr 2025 12:49 Intermediate

How to overcome hand fatigue with proper joint positioning [Chopin's barcarolle]

Keeping knuckles raised and properly activating the hand for more power and less tiredness during...

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06 Apr 2025 06:41 Beginner

Transforming tired piano playing into effortless performance

Alan demonstrates how improper hand positioning causes fatigue while playing, comparing bent knuc...

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05 Apr 2025 06:41 Intermediate

The hand grows into a nice arch

A hand arch exercise. We should always strive for this feeling

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01 Apr 2025 05:49 Beginner

Hand push

A series of exercises around the hand push

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24 Mar 2025 07:57 Beginner

Feel your sitsbones

Every time we do these, they are different

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07 Feb 2025 05:12 Beginner

Learning difficult piano music

You can or can't learn the notes but what will help you tremendously is putting the musical thoug...

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19 Jan 2025 02:26 Beginner

Pinky is the strongest finger in the hand

Alan talks about the hypothenar muscles and how can we use them (better)

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15 Jan 2025 04:43 Intermediate