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nsilverk

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Hanon

on: September 01, 2010, 08:16:44 PM

is it recommended to go through the Hanon exercises book and are there any similar books?
your response is highly APPRECIATED
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Bob

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Re: Hanon

Reply #1 on: September 01, 2010, 09:21:42 PM

Responses will go either way. Some are ok with it. Some hate it.

If you're doing Hanon, it's just focusing on technique, not music. And it's only focusing on finger work, not everything there is for piano technique.

Do a search or two on here. There are many, many threads about it. You'll get lots of hits.

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Re: Hanon

Reply #2 on: September 01, 2010, 10:47:19 PM

Search for the user "Bernhard" on this forum. Read his posts.

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Reply #3 on: September 02, 2010, 03:22:48 AM

I was kind of intrigued by this.

They say practicing Hanon did that.

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Re: Hanon

Reply #4 on: September 02, 2010, 04:42:53 AM

In light of that having a vision of playing Schubert like this

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Re: Hanon

Reply #5 on: September 02, 2010, 07:30:59 PM

Haha.

She won!

Wow.... That really does sound her Hanon. Wow. Maybe it was just for show and not how she would actually play it. Although I can't think of a time I really tried to race through a piece...

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pianisten1989

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Re: Hanon

Reply #6 on: September 02, 2010, 07:34:58 PM

Well, You can't say it's bad that she's able to play that fast and even. Hopefully she doesn't actually play like this, but there will be pieces where she has to play very fast...

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Re: Hanon

Reply #7 on: September 03, 2010, 07:57:31 PM

Similar books that I've used:

Czerny: The School of Velocity (the best

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Finger Power by John W. Schaum

I also know a teacher that uses A Dozen a Day by Edna Mae Burnam.

Search Amazon and you'll find suggestions for other similar books.

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Reply #8 on: September 07, 2010, 04:36:42 AM

There's also Alfred Cortot's Rational Principles of Pianoforte Technique. Have you heard of it?
It is a highly comprehensive exercise book, and very intelligent and thorough. I recommend it.

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