Category Archives: Piano Technique

The Arm Weight Debate

The Complete Raymond Banning – Alan Fraser Arm Weight Debate

This page chronicles an exchange that took place in the U. K. Piano Teachers Newsletter, a weekly email letter where teachers worldwide can ask questions and trade views. It brings up many important questions concerning arm weight and how Alan Fraser’s method relates to it…

Piano Technique: Other Approaches in the Light of Feldenkrais

Many “schools” exist in the world of piano pedagogy. Alan Fraser has made a concerted effort to dovetail with other approaches to piano technique instead of taking a confrontational stance. This page catalogues just how Craft of Piano relates to certain aspects of other mainstream piano technique approaches.

15 February 2010

Pianistic Aphorisms – A Meditation on Piano Technique

I was sitting in a darkened auditorium, watching this film about piano technique. Suddenly I started writing notes. Everything that was going on up on the screen evoked a flood of responses in me. I could barely keep up. Below you’ll find a cleaned up version of that afternoon’s brainstorming…

15 February 2010

Piano Technique