hanon exercises

[jamie_liszt]

Hey

I read the Hanon topic, i have seen posts saying its helpful, it aint helpful, so i am gonna find out myself, what the hell! should i play hanon and my scales aswell ?? shouldnt hurt ?

I just have some questions about Hanon Exercises, is Hanon Virtuoso Pianist Exercises helpful in evening your scales out (for those of you who have used Hanon) and evening your playing out over all, and does it really strengthen your 4th and 5th finger to the same as your 2nd and 3rd, and how many exercises should you try to master a day, 1, 2, 3 ?? etc..

thanks

[zheer]

I gess it will depend what you are intestsed in ,early classical music or late romantic like Rachmaninoff. I think this book you are talking about might help you with mozart, but you are going to be F***t when it comes to Rach,Liszt,Chopin.

[landru]

I am a beginner after almost 25 (!!!!) years of aimless self-teaching and bad habits. I finally am taking lessons with a very patient teacher. I am at the level of Anna Magdelana Notebook and some of Schumann's Album for the Young.

My teacher has assigned me Hanon with the specific intention of re-forming my technique. I say "re-forming" with the "-" because my  technique was "not-bad" in my teacher's opinion for a self-taught student but needed forming along better lines. The Hanon and Czerny exercises are teaching me to lift my fingers, rotate my wrists, relax and also to count. I've got the first four of Hanon down pretty well, but the fifth is tricky in that the finger patterns are really going against the grain of what I've normally done (for the good) and I can really feel it in my fingers (especially 3,4,5) in that they are branching out and learning new motions, dexterity and strength.

I know that saying anything good about Hanon in this board is equivalent to killing babies, but I am seeing their value everyday in my technique. Could this have been done with repertoire? Oh, I guess, eventually, but the repertoire is there to teach me musicality - given I have the right foundation. I like working on the foundation aspect independent of all the worries that giving a good rendition of a repertoire piece involves.  Mind you, this is the opinion of a beginner, a more advanced student may not need Hanon - but how would I know 

[leahcim]

The Hanon and Czerny exercises are teaching me to lift my fingers, rotate my wrists, relax and also to count.

I know that saying anything good about Hanon in this board is equivalent to killing babies

I guess you'll know how many babies you've killed now that you can count

[jamie_liszt]

Just looked through some of the exercises, and i can see some of them i will have trouble with, so i will do it, im sure it would help!

Yes i will be learning mozart sonatas, bach sonatas and scarlatti so it might help.

thanks

[fliszt]

so jamie.... i thought you had to practice on la campanella for your big sydney performance and you talking about the hanon excercises for practicing??? arent you way to good for it???
 

grtz

[la_campanella]

Totally agree with Zheer there.
Hanon doesn't help me playing Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Liszt's etc. pieces.
But, good for finger exercises though.
I still use them, but not in a daily basis. Only if I want to.

[palika dunno]

so jamie.... i thought you had to practice on la campanella for your big sydney performance and you talking about the hanon excercises for practicing??? arent you way to good for it???
Undecided

grtz

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