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Title: Godowsky Exercises (not studies)
Post by: pabst on August 26, 2005, 12:57:28 PM
I did a search on the forum and only came up with a mentioning of this exercises but nothing further. I was wondering if anyone here plays them? They look like a sophisticated warm-up, nowhere near the complexity of Brahms 51 or Liszt exercises tho. But they look a lot with what I always do when I sit down at the bench :) Finger independence, finger mental practice and stretching (I had one go at them before a chopin etude practice and I could clearly notice the improvement). Anyway, thoughts!
Title: Re: Godowsky Exercises (not studies)
Post by: arensky on August 28, 2005, 06:52:33 AM
I did a search on the forum and only came up with a mentioning of this exercises but nothing further. I was wondering if anyone here plays them? They look like a sophisticated warm-up, nowhere near the complexity of Brahms 51 or Liszt exercises tho. But they look a lot with what I always do when I sit down at the bench :) Finger independence, finger mental practice and stretching (I had one go at them before a chopin etude practice and I could clearly notice the improvement). Anyway, thoughts!

Godowsky Exercises, i didn't know, how cool! Who publishes them? Definitely worth checking out...
Title: Re: Godowsky Exercises (not studies)
Post by: brewtality on August 28, 2005, 06:58:50 AM
I played through a few of this but didn't like them much. I don't have the patience for technical exercises.
Title: Re: Godowsky Exercises (not studies)
Post by: stevie on August 28, 2005, 01:16:38 PM
i think they are on https://www.leopoldgodowsky.com/downloads.shtml

i recommend cortot's book of exercises, its very comprehensive
Title: Re: Godowsky Exercises (not studies)
Post by: pabst on August 28, 2005, 02:28:16 PM
Yes the Cortot are great too, a lot more of pedagogy in it. His prefaces to the chopin studies are always useful and I never skip them :) Good exercises.