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On Legato

On Legato

Asked by: 57walker

legato Q&A
scheduleJul 5, 2015
personAlan Fraser
shifting the standing function

Q&A with Alan Fraser [Season 1]

Episode 1 - Flat vs Curved Fingers access_time 08:18
Episode 2 - Phrasing with the Arm access_time 05:19
Episode 3 - On building up Pianistic Endurance access_time 08:23
Episode 4 - Palming the Keys access_time 08:41
Episode 5 - Which Part of the Hand is Touching the Key? access_time 07:59
Episode 6 - On Legato access_time 04:15 visibility
Episode 7 - Standing on the Thumb access_time 03:00
Episode 8 - Playing on the Weight of the Hammer access_time 04:35
Episode 9 - Phrasing with the Arm Part 2 access_time 06:27
Episode 10 - More on Thumb Individuation access_time 05:17
Episode 11 - Broken Nail Joints access_time 05:40
Episode 12 - Strengthen the Index Finger and the Thumb access_time 04:12
Episode 13 - Diagnosis Based on Localisation of Pain-Tension-Fatigue access_time 04:13
Episode 14 - How to Play Fast Scales? access_time 04:46
Episode 15 - Bottom up Chords access_time 07:47
Episode 16 - Knee Joint access_time 03:03
Episode 17 - Plucking vs Grasping access_time 03:55
Episode 18 - Light Walk and the Arch access_time 03:08
Episode 19 - What Comes First access_time 04:39
Episode 20 - Rotation in Scales and Arpeggios access_time 04:10
Episode 21 - How Does the Thumb Actually Play access_time 08:57
Episode 22 - Noty vs Smooth Playing access_time 04:07
Episode 23 - Hand Structure and How it Functions access_time 04:44
Episode 24 - Thumb and the Rest of the Hand access_time 07:16
Episode 25 - How to Play Arpeggios? access_time 05:15
Episode 26 - Quality Tone - Fingers and Arms access_time 03:40
Episode 27 - Involve the Upper Arm for Empowered Playing Mechanism access_time 09:55
Episode 28 - What Makes the Sound Louder access_time 03:46
Episode 29 - How to Slow Practice access_time 05:32
Episode 30 - Putting the Hands Together access_time 03:34
Episode 31 - Intellectual Awareness at the Piano access_time 09:55
Episode 32 - Controlling The Fifth Finger access_time 02:32
Episode 33 - Elasticity and Flat Fingers access_time 01:42
Episode 34 - Contracted Triceps and Scales access_time 01:45
Episode 35 - Thinking in Terms of Functional Structure access_time 06:28
Episode 36 - Scapular Muscles access_time 04:22
Episode 37 - How to Sight Read access_time 09:34
Episode 38 - Arch and Rotation access_time 07:57
Episode 39 - What is Moving Inside access_time 01:44
Episode 40 - MCP and Scales access_time 05:08
Episode 41 - Advantages and Disadvantages of the 5th Finger Orientation access_time 06:39
Episode 42 - Hand Stretching access_time 05:29
Episode 43 - Horowitz Style Octaves access_time 09:31
Episode 44 - Elastic Loading of the Thumb access_time 01:29
Episode 45 - Asserting the Sound - Moving Before the Key Moves access_time 02:06