A little help on piano exercises?

[vincentl]

I was wondering which composer(s) do you suggest I should practice piano exercises from? I currently have some Czerny and Hanon (Since they were the only ones I have heard of that composed piano exercises before). But I recently heard of Hermann Berens, will his exercises be beneficial to the learning pianist? Are there more exercises out there that I have never heard of but are very helpful?

P.S. I stopped working on Hanon's exercises, I only use Czerny's as of now.

[keyboardclass]

The best ones of that sort are Isidor Philipp - https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Isidor-Phillip-Exercises-for-Independence-of-Fingers-Book-1/3163441

[vincentl]

Thank you very much. His exercises seem very interesting, and a lot of people have only good things to say about his exercises.

Unfortunately, I could not find any of his books in my usual store. I personally don't have an experience on shopping online, but I will try it for this one. Thank you again, this will certainly keep me busy with practicing.

[keyboardclass]

When you do obtain them read the preface carefully.  These are not automaton style exercises - they require musical thought throughout execution.

[vincentl]

I was only able to find Isidore Philipp's Complete School of Technic for the Piano, are his exercises there good too? I was also hoping to find a copy of his Exercises for Independence of Fingers on the internet and print it, alas, my search was to no avail.

[keyboardclass]

I only know the Independence books.  Maybe Complete has the same exercises - they're all based on Dim7 chords - the best shapes for healthy strength building.

[vincentl]

I'll probably get the Complete first, since it is the only one available, and a few comments/information I found on the internet regarding the book seemed positive. Thank you very much for introducing this composer. It really motivated me to study and I feel like I have a good direction on how to start improving my technique.