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Distribute the Weight Between Upper Arm and Fingers

Distribute the Weight Between Upper Arm and Fingers

Asked by: Simon Chu

Q&A arm weight
scheduleSep 15, 2018
personAlan Fraser
weight is a burden

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 2]

Episode 1 - Elastic Quality access_time 01:48
Episode 2 - Playing Pianissimo access_time 10:27
Episode 3 - Putting the Hands Inside the Piano access_time 05:53
Episode 4 - Walking Forwards vs Walking on the Spot access_time 02:23
Episode 5 - Playing Fast Passages and Skeletal Alignment access_time 03:28
Episode 6 - Forte Octaves access_time 08:56
Episode 7 - Leaps and Accuracy in Piano Technique access_time 05:40
Episode 8 - Maintaining the Hand Structure and Finger Independence access_time 08:32
Episode 9 - Muscles and Skeleton Carrying the Arm access_time 02:06
Episode 10 - Weak Fifth Finger access_time 03:39
Episode 11 - Adjusting Students Playing Apparatus During the Lesson access_time 07:18
Episode 12 - Alan - The Background access_time 05:57
Episode 13 - What is the Arm-Thumb? access_time 03:36
Episode 14 - The Basis of Elasticity access_time 04:22
Episode 15 - Strong Fifth Finger access_time 03:01
Episode 16 - Arrau and Rubinstein Piano Technique access_time 05:24
Episode 17 - How Do You Memorize a Piece of Music access_time 04:08
Episode 18 - Feel the Melody Pulsing access_time 02:27
Episode 19 - Keep the Same Fingering access_time 01:30
Episode 20 - The Difficult Art of Orchestration access_time 02:51
Episode 21 - Is the Word Differentiation a Feldenkrais Term access_time 01:50
Episode 22 - When I play right hand forte my left hand plays loudly too access_time 08:36
Episode 23 - Distribute the Weight Between Upper Arm and Fingers access_time 07:50 visibility
Episode 24 - Structure Solidification is to be Avoided access_time 03:21
Episode 25 - Elastically Loading the Thumb and Uncurling the Claw access_time 02:46
Episode 26 - How do I play Double Notes and Chords More Evenly access_time 03:43
Episode 27 - Applying the Principle of Reversibility access_time 01:07
Episode 28 - What do You Think of Lucas Debargue access_time 01:33
Episode 29 - Playing on Unfamiliar Pianos access_time 03:59
Episode 30 - One Boned or Segmented Multi Joint Thumb access_time 02:37
Episode 31 - What is the Role of the MCP Joints in Bone Rope Technique access_time 00:57
Episode 32 - What do you think about Kissin access_time 02:40
Episode 33 - Feldenkrais and Piano - But Why? access_time 01:46
Episode 34 - Status of Pianimals access_time 01:08
Episode 35 - Useful Bird Beak Exercise access_time 03:36
Episode 36 - Silent Piano Practicing access_time 05:03
Episode 37 - Let's Talk About the Wrist access_time 10:39
Episode 38 - How do we actually walk? access_time 06:09
Episode 39 - Better physical organisation for better musical expression access_time 02:16
Episode 40 - The most difficult piano piece you have ever played access_time 00:59
Episode 41 - What do you think of Emma Leiuman? access_time 00:17
Episode 42 - How long until the pianistic breakthrough? access_time 05:48
Episode 43 - Fast octaves access_time 05:39
Episode 44 - Developing reflexes for playing octaves access_time 05:30
Episode 45 - The thumb should not invert access_time 05:56
Episode 46 - Is it possible to play with collapseed mcp joint but still sound good? access_time 04:21
Episode 47 - To what degree does the hand extend and contract during arpeggios? access_time 03:49
Episode 48 - The faster the speed, the more efficient movements have to be access_time 01:36
Episode 49 - Thumb capability access_time 06:35
Episode 50 - Do the big movements to wake up your reflexes access_time 02:04
Episode 51 - The great deal of robust positive standing energy access_time 04:17
Episode 52 - Float the arm access_time 02:10
Episode 53 - Parasitic movements access_time 05:04
Episode 54 - Metacarpal function of the thumb access_time 07:33