Learn how to play piano: Lesson #34 Hanon

In this lesson, I talk about the Pro's and con's of hanon exersizes. I also go over my person favorite exersizes for beginners in hanon.

Some info on the man behind the book:
Charles-Louis Hanon (July 2, 1819--March 19, 1900) was a French piano pedagogue and composer. He is most well known for his work The Virtuoso Pianist In 60 Exercises which has become part of the standard method for modern piano teachers.

Abby Whiteside (1881-1956) Did not like the Hanon method and advocated use of arm technique.


If you'd like to download hanon Here's some links for you

http://sheetmusicarchive.net/single_listing.cfm?composer_id=7

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keyword...



Also! Be sure to join the music community forums on my website! This is a place where people can come together and learn piano, as well as encourage eachother! http://www.howtoplaypiano.ca

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[goobleglob]

Hanon is completely unnecessary. its directions are misleading and dangerous. proof of how it's completely unnecessary: bach, beethoven, mozart, scarlatti, chopin, liszt, alkan, saint-saens, and their students NEVER used hanon, yet they were all great keyboardists. plus, the fingers cannot be equally trained or strengthened, sadly because there are no muscles in the fingers! he didn't know anything about hand anatomy, and the way he tells you to practice is very dangerous (high fingers!!??)

[Lypur]

I agree completely, hanon is dangerous, Czerny "school of velocity" is a much better aproach to developing a good technqiue, that is if you're not satisfied with the conventional method of learning and practising scales.

I did this lesson mainly because I was getting asked so many questions about hanon. One thing is I don't want to tell someone, "YOU CAN"T DO THIS" because, honestly if they want to do it, they can go for it. But i'm not a big fan of hanon myself.

[snaredice]

i bought it for 5 bucks with 63 excercises :D

[imalumpaheffaup]

i downloaded and printed the entire book off of the internet. i don't remember the link offhand. but trust me, its there. its so much crap i need a binder for it.

[camilocuesta]

"exercises" 

[NeomassRasmus]

Also I don't like how this guys spells exercises.

[NeomassRasmus]

I'm not going to say I know any better then anyone else, I only know what I have learned. Hanon was one persons idea of a good way to build up skills for the piano. I play many different instruments and there are many different ways to learn any of them. I think what is important is that you look into and use as many different exercises and techniques to become a well rounded musician. The number one rule and really the only one is, Don't play through PAIN!

[lansing789]

How do you get your fingers to play fast but evenly clear?

[jaminLA]

too much talking ... piano teaching doesn't need so much talking ... the guy first talk about what he is gonna talk about later? give me a break ... 90% of music instructions on youtube is more the ego of the video poster ... music is not about talking ... it is about playing something, okay?

[josephstruyk]

Thank you, Andrew, for creating one of the best youtube channels I can think of. Very informative, personalized, and honest. You're an excellent human being! Thank you for sharing yourself and your craft!

[perinp]

my 2 cents will be - forget about Hanon, play master pieces, isolate difficulties in it, this is the most complex task, to understand where the difficulty really resides

Then invente exercises that focus only on this difficulty, and even make it more obvious and difficult

Try YOUR solutions, thoughts, (be very imaginative) on those exercises till you play very fast without any effort - - this is not boring at all since your imagination is playing, not your fingers

[marizpiano]

Nice job!

Just wanted to share with you a cool piano gadget recently featured in Gizmag

Google “gizmag pianomaestro” 

[metteholm75]

Speed is bound to come, once the movements have flow and are both precise and free of strain.