DOHNÁNYI, Ernö

[Antnee]

Anybody else use his exercises? I been using them for a month and my technique, independence and strength has improved dramatically...

-Tony-

[comme_le_vent]

i have the exercises and they look useful and efficient, though i prefer to always play 'real' music.

his etudes are truly awesome though - great music.

[janice]

I'm glad you started this thread.  Are you talking about his "Essential Finger Exercises"?(there are 40 exercises).  So you guys think that these are effective exercises?  I have this book but I have just tinkered around with it.  I'm more devoted to Hanon, Czerny, & Pischna.  Is this the book you guys are talking about?  If it is, then maybe I will get serious about doing these exercises.

[Antnee]

Yeah... That's the one...

I find them very useful, and some of the exercises are really demanding and tiring, but every day they get a little easier and my playing is improving. Finger independance is slowly becoming better with these I have noticed. The fastest thing to come is hand and finger strength. Pieces that fatigued me before, fatigue me no longer...

-Tony-

[comme_le_vent]

yeah , as 'exercises' purely to increase dexterity - dohnanyi and cortot are the best.

cortot is basically a less condensed version of the dohnanyi - it even goes into paralell chromatic major 7ths etc!

[thracozaag]

Anybody else use his exercises? I been using them for a month and my technique, independence and strength has improved dramatically...

-Tony-

 I did those as a kid, and I must admit, they did wonders for my finger independence. (as much as I hated doing them)

koji

[comme_le_vent]

and i can attest to that, you have a great technique.

ive heard a recording of the appasionata that koji made at 15, and the dexterity is really remarkable for the age, and the interpretation is deliciously insane  

[bitus]

Anybody has the score on pdf? or at least excerpts, so that i can see how they look before buying the whole thing.
If anybody has the etudes, i would be even more thankfull.
Thank you,
De Bitus.

[janice]

Anybody has the score on pdf? or at least excerpts, so that i can see how they look before buying the whole thing.
If anybody has the etudes, i would be even more thankfull.
Thank you,
De Bitus.

I'm interested also!