Studies: Wich One?

[sissco]

I have a CD here with all these studies:

Berens - 20 Children Studies, op 79
Berens - 50 Piano Pieces for Beginners, op 70
Berens - The School of Scales, Chords & Embellishments, Op 88
Berens - Training of the Left Hand, op 89
Bertini - 24 Studies, op 29
Bertini - 25 Easy Studies, Op 100
Brahms - 51 Exercises
Burgmuller - 12 Brilliant and Melodious Studies
Burgmuller - 18 Characteristic Studies, op 109
Burgmuller - 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, op 100
Concone - 25 Melodic Studies, Op 24
Cramer - 84 Studies
Czerny - 100 Progressive Studies, op 139
Czerny - 110 Easy and Progressive Exercises, op 453
Czerny - 125 Exercises in Passage Playing, op 216
Czerny - 160 Eight-Measure Exercises, op 821
Czerny - 24 Piano Studies for the Left Hand
Czerny - 30 New Studies in Technics
Czerny - 40 Daily Exercises, op 337
Czerny - Octave Studies, Op553
Czerny - Preliminary School of Finger Dexterity, op 636
Czerny - Practical Finger Exercises
Czerny - The Art of Finger Dexterity, op 740
Czerny - The Little Pianist, op 823
Czerny - The School of Velocity, Op 299
Duvernoy - Ecole Primaire, 25 Elementary Studies, op 176
Duvernoy - The School of Mechanism, Op 120
Gurlitt - Albumleaves for the Young, op 101
Gurlitt - Easiest Studies in Velocity, op 83
Gurlitt - School of Velocity, op 141
Hanon - The Virtuoso Pianist
Heller - 25 Melodious Studies, op 45
Heller - 25 Studies, op 47
Heller - 30 Progressive Studies
Heller - 50 Selected Studies
Herz - Scales and Exercises
Kohler - 12 Easy Studies, 157
Kohler - Short School of Velocity, op 242
Kullak - The School of Octave Playing, sec 1 preliminary school
Kullak - The School of Octave Playing, sec 2 seven studies
Le Couppey - The Alphabet, Op 17
Macfarren - Scale and Arpeggio Manual
Moszkowski - 15 Etudes de Virtuosite, op 72
Philipp - Complete School of Technic for the Piano
Pischna - Technical Studies: 60 Progressive Exercises
Pischna - The Little Pischna, 48 Practice Pieces
Plaidy - Technical Studies
Schmitt - Preparatory Exercises, op 16
Schulz - Scales and Chords
Stamaty - Rhythmic Training for the Fingers
Streabbog - 12 Easy and Melodious Studies, Op 64
Streabbog - 12 Very Easy and Melodious Studies, op 63
Wieck - Piano Studies

 ...Like....Where to begin haha.....way to much...So what do you guys prefer. The czerny studies for left hand and Berens' school of scales looks great.

ps. if somebody wants this CD I can upload it, I have downloaded it from pianosheets.org)

[psadagio]

Yes! Please upload them!

[sissco]

Ok I will  ...But I want to practise one or two every day. Do you think it is ok to begin with "Berens - The School of Scales, Chords & Embellishments, Op 88" for my scales, and "Czerny - 24 Piano Studies for the Left Hand" for my left hand, a few months?

[prometheus]

I would not play studies.

If you have some weaknesses in your playing you really want to work on try to find a piece that has those elements rather than a technical exersize.

These things should only be used as warm up's and such, at least in my opinion.

[stevie]

Czerny - Practical Finger Exercises
Czerny - 40 Daily Exercises, op 337

these 2 are really useful compared to the rest, they basically cover most common techniques and if played regularly and correctly should give you a good solid basis in the most common pianistic figurations.

but for working on raw finger dexterity, dohnanyi is the best.