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Thread #50611 Message #768390
Posted By: Bonnie Shaljean
20-Aug-02 - 04:59 AM
Thread Name: Help: Piano playing:finger dexterity exercises
Subject: RE: Help: Piano playing:finger dexterity exercises
I second Nicole's caution (strongly!) and also the Hanon recommendation, though I'd skip the simplified versions and wait until you're ready to tackle the original. In particular, go for the first 20 exercises of The Virtuoso Pianist (there are about four volumes of "Hanon" but these are what is commonly meant, at least where I come from. Remember you can play them at any speed you can comfortably handle and work up gradually, which makes the difficulty level fairly flexible. Then, when you get really nifty, try playing them in different keys, hee hee hee...