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Emphasizing the inseperable link between technique and musical expression, piano technique book 2 presents warmups and etudes that take the routine out of technique. Alan fraser has combined his extensive concert and pedagogical experience, his longstanding collaboration with the virtuoso kemal gekich, and his professional training in the feldenkrais method to create this innovative approach to piano technique. Aliza stewart is a consummate teacher with a deep and profound understanding of the feldenkrais method. A free feldenkrais lesson the first from the 48 lesson homestudy course so you can see for yourself how it works. Best piano technique books best sheet music editions. In the craft of piano playing, master pianist alan fraser offers readers an original and comprehensive approach to piano technique, offering over 100. We have been challenged by the uk guild to participate in a rolling atm on saturday, may 12, at 11. Author of several books and a dvd on the subject, fraser maintains an active feldenkrais practice and piano teaching position in novi sad, serbia, as well as. These are not necessarily easy sessions though some are, and in fact they can be frustrating at times. Ron suggested i investigate the feldenkrais method. The feldenkrais method is practiced in many settings.
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Definition the feldenkrais method is an educational system that allows the body to move and function more efficiently and comfortably. See more ideas about feldenkrais method, alexander technique and exercise. Piano technique book 2 is the second book in our series of five books focusing on technical skills. A practitioner for 26 years, and a pianist for many more, canadian alan fraser has written several books linking the feldenkrais method to piano technique. Feldenkrais videos the feldenkrais method is interested in expanding and improving the limits of human capacity. Hanon is one of the most wellknown piano technique books in the world, and for good reason. I am truly sorry, but in my opinion the feldenkrais method, especially if understood as miraculous solution for all the instrumental dilemmas pianist could ever face, is actually nothing more than a fata morgana or, poetically said, a blind alley of similar kind, as the socalled hammering, weighttechnique. Alan fraser is an internationally renowned teacher of piano and feldenkrais. Get the ultimate feldenkrais guide to relieve neck and shoulder pain. By technique, we principally mean finger strength, finger independence, and tonal control such that the pianist is able to play with accuracy, facility, and musicality. And here the feldenkrais method offers the pianist a further specific.