Questions for Concert Pianists

[pianolearner]

I hope you take the time to answer these simple (mostly yes/no) questions:


1) Do you regularly do technical exercises like Hanon?
2) Did You ever do them and if so, when did you stop?
3) Do you regularly practise scales and arpeggios as part of a daily routine?
4) Do you need to learn/practise new pieces hands separate first?

Thank you

[danyal]

I hope you take the time to answer these simple (mostly yes/no) questions:


1) Do you regularly do technical exercises like Hanon? No
2) Did You ever do them and if so, when did you stop? Yes, when I realised they didnt really help me all as a musician (or technically, for that matter) and that I would be better off playing things like Chopin etudes for technique, and musicality
3) Do you regularly practise scales and arpeggios as part of a daily routine? No... well, if ever... on EXCEPTIONALLY rare occasions
4) Do you need to learn/practise new pieces hands separate first? Depends on the piece, the difficulty of the passage in question etc. I dont do it as a habit but sometimes the passage requires it for the purpose of co-ordinating what should be where, and just working the notes out which cannot always be done together

Thank you Purely a pleasure