I just got to read on the internet that this exercises are good to develop the strenght of the fingers, which is good for beginner pianists and or amateur ones, cuz normally the strenght is greater in the thumb and in the index finger.However, it said that this exercises are useless because each individual finger has its own strenght limit, which cannot be changed, so it may also be a waste of time for some people.In my case, I just stoped playing hanon exercises cuz I was realising that I was getting nothing from it, that's why now I'm currently workin hard on scales and arpeggios, besides the other pieces I'm learning.so what's your opinion??I'm totally agree with what it said.
So many threads about Hanon and Czerny :pPlease search the forum on the word 'Hanon' and you'll get all the opinions and tips and other stuff about it.gyzzzmo
There are two main advantages to Hanon (I'm talking about #1-30 here):1) It takes zero time to learn them, so you don't have to devote any attention to worrying about what note is coming next. You can concentrate on what your doing with your fingers, wrists and arms.2) They exercise left and right hands equally, especially the 3rd, 4th, and 5th fingers.Neither of these applies to Czerny, so I don't put him in the same category.The disadvantage of Hanon, of course, is that it only covers a very limited range of keyboard techniques, makes the fingers do all the work, and, allegedly, could even injure you if you overdo them. BUT -- it seems to me you'd have to spend a hell of a lot of time playing them very fast for that to happen.And by the way -- this criticism that they're useless because you'll never succeed in making the fingers equally strong -- I've seen that here before, and it doesn't make any sense to me. The whole point of Hanon is to strengthen your weakest fingers, which nearly always benefit from it. So what if they're ultimately still not as strong as 1 and 2? They need all the help they can get. I find in particular that my Bach is much improved since I started running through Hanon 1-20 every day.
Because I started getting back pain I stopped Hanon after that week. Then I decided to go back to Czerny. And guess what? My fingers just flew over Czerny 1 and 2 like never before. I couldn't believe it, I never played so fast for a piece ever before in my life and only in 1 week.
Hi, I did a test on Hanon. My previous teacher was a bit of an idiot and she gave me that to play but I thought it was doing nothing. In fact she gave me only a couple of beginners exercises that I didn't need so. Now I tried practicing Hanon vol 1 (the whole thing) for one week every day (about an hour each). I was doing czerny school of velocity but was unable to play really quick, and I dropped Czerny during that week. My wrists and fingers went tense and in pain due to hanon and it was boring. Because I started getting back pain I stopped Hanon after that week. Then I decided to go back to Czerny. And guess what? My fingers just flew over Czerny 1 and 2 like never before. I couldn't believe it, I never played so fast for a piece ever before in my life and only in 1 week. Conclusion? It looks like it worked for me, but I recon you have to put those fingers under pressure or it won't work. You have to increase the speed and play as they say very clearly and force their movements even if they're tense.
Conclusion? It looks like it worked for me, but I recon you have to put those fingers under pressure or it won't work. You have to increase the speed and play as they say very clearly and force their movements even if they're tense.
Topic: Hanon and Czerny useless? 