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Jailbreaking Hanon

Jailbreaking Hanon

By Graham Fitch, 2021-07-08
Posted in: Technique

Graham Fitch shows how Hanon’s exercises can be used creatively as a blank canvas to experience and develop movements encountered in real music.

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Tags: finger exercisesfive-finger exercisesHanonHanon exercisesHanon The Virtuoso Pianistpiano technique
Jailbreaking Hanon
A Balanced Approach to Exercises and Studies

A Balanced Approach to Exercises and Studies

By Graham Fitch, 2021-03-09
Posted in: Technique

A balanced approach to using exercises and studies to solve specific pianistic problems.

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Tags: exercisesfinger exercisesfive-finger exercisesHanonHanon exercisespolyrhythmstudiestechnique
A Balanced Approach to Exercises and Studies
The Hanon Debate (Part 2)

The Hanon Debate (Part 2)

By Graham Fitch, 2021-02-09
Posted in: Technique

This blog post features the views of pianist Peter Donohoe on the use of Hanon’s Virtuoso Pianist as part of our debate on the subject.

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Tags: HanonHanon exercisesHanon The Virtuoso PianistPeter Donohoepiano techniquetechnique
The Hanon Debate (Part 2)
The Hanon Debate (Part 1)

The Hanon Debate (Part 1)

By Graham Fitch, 2021-02-04
Posted in: Technique

As we saw from responses to last week's post, the exercises of Hanon are a hotly debated topic. It seems there is nothing more provocative than uttering the name of…

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Tags: five-finger exercisesHanonHanon exercisespiano exercisespiano technique
The Hanon Debate (Part 1)
How to Use Hanon

How to Use Hanon

By Informance, 2021-01-28
Posted in: Technique

In this week’s guest post, Ilga Pitkevica discusses the ubiquitous exercises of Hanon and shares her views on how to use them effectively. *** Mastering all core types of piano…

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Tags: HanonHanon exercisesHanon The Virtuoso Pianistpiano exercisespiano techniquetechnique
How to Use Hanon
On Technical Exercises

On Technical Exercises

By Graham Fitch, 2019-07-11
Posted in: Practising, Technique

In the nineteenth century there was a widespread belief that hours a day spent practising finger exercises would lead to mastery of the instrument, and many method books were published,…

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Tags: bartók-reschofskyexercisesHanonHanon exercisesHanon The Virtuoso Pianistjosef lhevinneMartha ArgerichPeter Donohoepiano techniqueSamuil FeinbergSeymour Bernsteintechnique
On Technical Exercises
Overpracticers Hanonymous

Overpracticers Hanonymous

By Graham Fitch, 2011-09-11
Posted in: Practising

It is not so much what we practise, but how; it is the quality rather than the quantity that matters. We need a specific aim when practising an exercise, a piece, a phrase…

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Tags: blended activityHanonHanon exerciseslisteningpiano exercisestranspositionwrist
Overpracticers Hanonymous

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