Book Description

Sheet music for Hanon the Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, Complete. This volume contains all three parts; exercises 1-60. -- The study of the piano is now so common, and skilled pianists are so numerous, that mediocrity on this instrument is no longer tolerated. Consequently, one must study the piano eight or ten years before attempting to perform a piece of any difficulty, even to an audience of amateurs. Very few people today are able to spend so many years studying the piano! Very often, because students lack the sufficient time to practice, the playing is uneven and filled with mistakes. The left hand fails in passages of mild difficulty; the fourth and fifth fingers are almost useless having never been specifically exercised, consequently these fingers are always weaker than the rest. When passages in octaves, in tremolo, or in trills occur, they are usually only able to be played through great effort and tension, so that the performance is riddled with mistakes, and completely expressionless. For years we have worked to overcome this dilemma, making it our goal to craft a single book of specialized exercises which make it possible to achieve similar results to what used to take years of study, in a fraction of the time. To make this possible, all five fingers of both hands must be trained to an equal and high level, leaving not even the 4th and 5th fingers behind in development. Then, they will be capable of performing anything composed for the piano. This book, "The Virtuoso Pianist, in 60 Exercises," contains our solution to this problem. In this book you will find the exercises needed to gain agility, independence, strength and absolute evenness in all of your fingers, as well as elasticity in your wrists. All of which are crucial qualities for every pianist. Further, these studies are crafted to build the skill and strength of the left hand to be equal to that of the right. Except for a few common exercises, found in several different methods, this entire book is our own personal work. These exercises are engaging, and do not exhaust the student like most five finger exercises, which are so boring that it takes the tenacity of a committed student to muster the will to study them. These studies are composed so that, after having played through them a few times, they can be practiced through in a short amount of time; becoming efficient practice for the fingers, which will take only a few short moments of your practice time. All manner of technical difficulties will be encountered. The studies are crafted so that, in each exercise the fingers trained in the previous exercise are allowed to rest, and new fingers are focused on. The result of this approach is that all technical difficulties are trained without exertion or stress. After incorporating this work into your routine, your fingers will gain a high level of technical prowess. These studies are intended for all students of the piano. Beginning students may master this work in around a year of study, whereas more advanced and intermediate students will master it in much less time. After mastery of this work, students will cease to experience the stiffness they may have previously experienced in their fingers and/or wrists. This will help them to conquer the highest level of technical difficulties. Pianists and teachers who struggle to find enough practice time need only to play these exercises for a few hours to regain all the dexterity of their fingers. This entire book can be played from start to finish in one hour; and if, once it has been mastered, it is played through once per day for a time, difficulties you previously experienced with the piano will disappear as if by magic, and your playing will become beautiful, crystal clear, articulate, and clean. Your playing will attain that execution which is the mark and the secret of the true artist.