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Gospel Instruments => General Music Hangout => Topic started by: T-Block on May 27, 2008, 05:44:29 PM
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...my very own copy of the Hanon exercises in the mail today. I probably should've got one 10 years ago when I first started playing the piano, but I had no idea they existed. Anyways, hopefully these little boogers will help me with my classical pieces in school, especially this monster Beethoven piece I'm working on. Please pray 4 me!!!
In the meantime, I wanna hear some (more) success (or failure) stories of working wit these Hanon exercises. Please post your experiences, I'm sure others here will be blessed by them.
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well im pulling mines back out. LOL! I only got to exercise 3 ;D :D
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If its gooed enough for T-block, I have to try it myself. :) I'll dust mines off also. Excercies one. :D
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I would've imagined you knew the 1st 2 parts off by head now ;D
I better continue where I left off on exercise 1 :P
but 1st I need to "rephrase" everything into the more decipherable system..can't afford to play 1 exercise in an hour!
*head down, walks aways thinking..do I really have to do these exercises >:(*
oh well, such is life, some things we like, some we don't..
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Oops, forgot towish you well with the Beethoven part..
Best wishes man..I know you will do exceedingly well :)
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Do you have the DVD or sheet music? I have sheet music.
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My Hanon exercise book is packed away in somebody's closet ::) :D
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There's nothing more boring than the Hanon exercises. ::) :-\
*goes to pull out his book*
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There's nothing more boring than the Hanon exercises. ::) :-\
*goes to pull out his book*
LOL! I know what you mean. thats why i threw mines in the closet, but I went got it out last night.
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Hey T congrats man. Although i am surprised you didn't have it all this time. I just got mine a week or so ago and am going through exercise 1 for this week ending on Friday or Saturday. So far i have noticed a slight improvement in my LH coordination. I dont have too much stiffness anymore...and this is after doing this ninja for about 3 days. I think its fun using it too. One thing i am worried about though is that i am practicing on a weightless keyboard so i dunno its effects when i get ot play a real weighted keyboard or acoustic piano. We'll see. I would LOVE to buy a weighted keyboard but those joints are expensive. :-\
I think you'll like it. It is PURELY for exercise purposes and should not be thought of as musical in any way. In fact, Diverse even advised not bothering transposing it to the other keys. I tried and the fingerings get really awkward.
There's nothing more boring than the Hanon exercises. ::) :-\
*goes to pull out his book*
See now that's just laziness. ;D
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See now that's just laziness. ;D
And, your point? ::)
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And, your point? ::)
My point is... oh never mind. :)
Just do the exercises. :)
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Do you have the DVD or sheet music? I have sheet music.
There's a DVD? WOW, I only got the sheet music.
Oops, forgot towish you well with the Beethoven part..
Best wishes man..I know you will do exceedingly well :)
That makes one of us, LOL. I'm gonna give it my all man.
I think you'll like it. It is PURELY for exercise purposes and should not be thought of as musical in any way. In fact, Diverse even advised not bothering transposing it to the other keys. I tried and the fingerings get really awkward.
See, that was my problem the first time I started practicing Hanon, I made it musical. I tend to make everything musical that I practice, perhaps I should stop doing that, LOL. I know the 1st exercise already, and I even played it in every key. The fingerings were awkward, but I got used to the them after the first few measures in each key.
If I feel led to do so, after I practice each exercise, I'll learn them in every key just for the heck of it. Does anyone besides me have a habit of playing things in every key? Sometimes, I do it w/out thinking, LOL.
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My point is... oh never mind. :)
Just do the exercises. :)
hehehe..I think some folks want your life seriously man..(http://ctasa.freeforums.org/files/ctasa/smilies/wtcslap.gif)
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There's a DVD? WOW, I only got the sheet music.
Here is a copy of the message that I received below.
Re: Our new "Perfect Practice Hanon Mastery" Volume 1 course
releases tomorrow, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @ 8am pacific
(answers to important questions enclosed)...
Hi Carrie,
Since we announced the release of our "Perfect Practice" series
last week, students have literally been going crazy over it!
Why Carrie?
Because it's one of the first dvds of its kind.
It takes something that has been around for over 100 years and
previously only available to classically-trained musicians who
read sheet music --- and now makes it available to ANYONE,
regardless of their ability to sight read.
Some resources require you to read sheet music or have some
experience in sight reading. This video requires absolutely no
sight reading ability and walks you step by step through these
revolutionary exercises that have helped hundreds of thousands
of musicians since their inception!
Let me break it down for you Carrie...
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What are Hanon exercises?
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They are exercises specifically designed to train the pianist
in speed, precision, agility, finger independence, dexterity,
and strength of all of the fingers (and wrist too!).
They were created in the 1800s by Charles-Louis Hanon, thus the
short name "Hanon exercises."
They may come across as scales at first glance but are
strategically designed to focus on certain fingers, depending
on what exercise you're on. Some focus on several fingers at
once (like the pinky and ring finger, which are known to be the
"weakest links").
* This course releases tomorrow, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @ 8am.
Visit http://hearandplay.com/playfaster for more information
and free video clips Carrie.
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I think theres some on "da tube"
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I think theres some on "da tube"
Yeah there are but i choose to sight read it.
Actually as a warning to some folks, Hanon does not help you improve sight-reading. I bought it primarily for this reason and was very disappointed. It is all in 16th notes. I kind of cheat a little bit with Hanon, i sight read the first few measures and then once i get the pattern down, i just ignore the book.
I am proud to say i have now gotten down Hanon exercises 1 and 2 down. I am working on them and it helps.
Although i am using a weightless keyboard so i dunno if i can still play it as well on a weighted on.
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Update: Exercise 1 is a piece of cake, I just need to build my speed up to 108. I'm at 80 right now, well doing it correctly. I can go faster, but then it gets sloppy and uneven, which defeats the purpose of the exercises. I practiced a little with Exercise 2, and it was quite challenging at first. I got up to about 75 doing it correctly, so now I'm gonna work these 2 a little more. More updates to follow LGM fam, keep practicing!!!
Actually as a warning to some folks, Hanon does not help you improve sight-reading.
I disagree with this statement man. Any kind of sheet music will help improve your sight-reading (even one-note sheet music) if u SIGHT-READ THE WHOLE THING. Figuring out the pattern then ignoring the rest of the notes defeats the purpose. I did just like u did at first, then I went back and actually read through the exercises as written, and it made a difference in how I played them. I paid close attention at what point they stopped ascending and started descending. It was tough getting that as written, but I got it. U should give it another try man, u may be surprised like I was.
Also, it isn't all 16th notes, just 97% of it is, LOL. I understand what u saying though.
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Since I never took piano lessons I never heard of Hanon. I developed my own fingering excercises for accuracy and speed. Watching the Hanon video showed me how close I was to the proper way to practice fingering. If you've seen my warm-up video on youtube you'll see what I mean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0SZ7KFT8Sg
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Since I never took piano lessons I never heard of Hanon. I developed my own fingering excercises for accuracy and speed. Watching the Hanon video showed me how close I was to the proper way to practice fingering. If you've seen my warm-up video on youtube you'll see what I mean.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0SZ7KFT8Sg[/url]
U'r a musical wonder Mr Tolbert :o :)
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T can i ask you a question about using metronomes? My piano teacher taught me that one of the easiest ways to use a metronome and sight-read is to assume each click of the metronome stands for a 16th note.
So, in essence, i was taught the 1-e-and-uh, 2-e-and-uh method where each syllable stood for a 16th note. Is this correct?
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T can i ask you a question about using metronomes? My piano teacher taught me that one of the easiest ways to use a metronome and sight-read is to assume each click of the metronome stands for a 16th note.
So, in essence, i was taught the 1-e-and-uh, 2-e-and-uh method where each syllable stood for a 16th note. Is this correct?
If that's what your teacher says, then that's fine. I always assume that each click is a quarter note. Overall, each click can be whatever kinda note u want it to be. There is no right or wrong answer, as long as u sub-divide evenly throughout the piece.
Example, if each click is a 16th note, then it takes 4 of them to equal a quarter note. If each click is a quarter note, u have to play four 16th notes every click. Just little stuff like that to be aware of. Tempo has a significant role in this as well, but u already know that.
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If that's what your teacher says, then that's fine. I always assume that each click is a quarter note. Overall, each click can be whatever kinda note u want it to be. There is no right or wrong answer, as long as u sub-divide evenly throughout the piece.
Example, if each click is a 16th note, then it takes 4 of them to equal a quarter note. If each click is a quarter note, u have to play four 16th notes every click. Just little stuff like that to be aware of. Tempo has a significant role in this as well, but u already know that.
The click DOES represent the quarter note, unless the song doesn't have a 4 in the time signature.
The teacher had to be saying something else. Such as count 1 e and uh between clicks. :-\
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The click DOES represent the quarter note, unless the song doesn't have a 4 in the time signature.
The teacher had to be saying something else. Such as count 1 e and uh between clicks. :-\
Nope, it was specifically one click= a 16th note. The reason she did this was that it was easy count it off in my head and learn songs and get the timing correct. When she felt i was comfortable enough with the song, then we switched to the 1 click= 1 quarter note.