Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises
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Rating | : | 4.22 (581 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0739017330 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-09-21 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The disk contains varied styles of accompaniments including pop, classical and jazz for Exercises 1-20.. Hanon's original introduction is included. The most widely used piano technique book ever written, The Virtuoso Pianist was designed to develop agility and strength in all the fingers as well as flexibility of the wrists. A General MIDI disk is available separately (Item #5715). Exercises are sequenced so that in each successive exercise, the fingers are rested from the fatigue caused by the previous one. He recommends that a student have at least one year of experience before starting this book. Translated from the original French, this Masterwork edition includes the complete Exercises 1-60 and is clearly engraved for easy reading
"Clear, easy to read edition" according to R. Tobias. This is a fine, clean edition of the Hanon exercises, with high quality paper, full size format, good note size and sharp, dark printing. Easier to use than some older editions that have apparently been printed with old, worn out plates. For some reason, the first 11 studies in Part One are laid out on two pages, then after that they are compressed onto one page. It would have been ideal to have the same format throughout, but this is not a big . VickyNC said It's never too late to learn to play the piano well. My piano teacher recommended that I buy a book of Hanon exercises to strengthen my fingers, increase speed and technique. He also recommended that I buy a "complete" book of the Hanon exercises and the reputation and quality of Alfred piano books are excellent. I bought the book and it is just as described. Although it suggests that a piano student is ready for the book after one year of lessons, I have been taking lessons for a little over It's never too late to learn to play the piano well My piano teacher recommended that I buy a book of Hanon exercises to strengthen my fingers, increase speed and technique. He also recommended that I buy a "complete" book of the Hanon exercises and the reputation and quality of Alfred piano books are excellent. I bought the book and it is just as described. Although it suggests that a piano student is ready for the book after one year of lessons, I have been taking lessons for a little over 3 1/. 1/. Excellent for all ianists This is an excellent book of exercises to strengthen the fingers and develop brain-eye-finger coordination. And the exercises are fun. It benefits pianists at any skill level.