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Title: Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises - Complete by C.L. Hanon ISBN: 0-7935-2544-6 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 November, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: prefer spiral binding
Comment: For $8.95 list, Alfred has a spiral bound edition of this great exercise book
Rating: 5
Summary: These exercises really work.
Comment: If you want to strengthen your fingers and learn note patterns relevant to all types of music, you need this book. Yes, the exercises sound repetitive, and they'll drive anyone listening to you practice them nuts, but they work. And after practicing them for a while, you begin to realize that they are not as repetitive as they seem. The patterns vary in a way that becomes more obvious as you practice them more. The exercises are carefully designed to (1) strengthen the weak fingers of the hand (3-4-5), and (2) teach patterns of notes that recur not only in classical music but in melodies of all types of music. Each exercise varies in a manner that rests the fingers worked on in the previous exercise, so you can play through a series of them without overly tiring out your hands. For this reason they work great as warm-ups.
The book is divided into three sections of 20 exercises each. I use the first 20 as warm-ups, playing them for about 15 minutes. The later exercises are more advanced and teach things like fast running octaves, arpeggios, and repeated notes. Since I started using these exercises, my hands are noticably stronger. I've been playing piano for 32+ years, and play at an advanced level. But these exercises (at least numbers 1 through 20) would be useful for a pianist of any level, from beginner to advanced. Yes, they can be boring to play, but the improvement you will notice from 15-20 minutes a day is worth it.
Rating: 3
Summary: A Better Book is Available
Comment: "The Virtuoso Pianist" is very useful and well edited. However, if you're willing to tolerate some poor editing there's a much better book: "Hanon Revisited".
Hanon wrote his book in the 1920s and both hands play the same notes throughout the book. "Hanon Revisited," by Gold and Fizdale was written in the 1960s and is the same as Hanon for the right hand but the left hand plays counterpoint. This more recent book helps develop hand independence in addition to finger strength and finger independence, and also results in a stronger left hand than Hanon's book acomplishes.
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Title: The Ultimate Fake Book - 3rd Edition : C Edition by Hal Leonard, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation ISBN: 0793529395 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Your First Fake Book by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation ISBN: 0793585031 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Super Sight-Reading Secrets: An Innovative, Step-By-Step Program for Musical Keyboard Players of All Levels by Howard B. Richman ISBN: 0961596309 Publisher: Sound Feelings Pub Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Play Piano in a Flash! by Scott Houston ISBN: 0971286108 Publisher: Houston Enterprises Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Instant Scale and Chord Guide for Keyboards by Gary Meisner ISBN: 0793500087 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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