C.L. Hanon - Exercise no. 1 - TUTORIAL - Greg Niemczuk

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Short companion with technical advices for everyone practicing Hanon's exercises.
Greg Niemczuk

[jamessullivan]

Greg -- Your altruism and thoughtfulness when making these videos and responding to comments is truly appreciated. You are a wonderful musician and teacher. Thank you again for taking time to share your music and teaching us!

[lookingouthere]

Yes! All scales, arpeggios, and exercises are beautiful and enjoyable if not played like a dull machine but instead with emotional expression, I LOVE scales!

[Alix.]

Thank you very much Greg for sharing your knowledge and experience.

[mindum]

You are an excellent teacher. Keep it up.❤

[yoyichen]

Oh my! Greg, I didn’t have a teacher, but I do now, and you are my teacher 😅! Practicing Hannon in this way gave me an instant start. I tried it today and it feels completely different. I love so much! Thank you! 🙏 😊

[MarkIngle]

When a master like you teaches us this sort of thing it is truly a blessing for us. Thank you from a 65 year old returning to piano after a lifetime of work now settling into retirement and playing after 45 years away!!!

[christineharmony]

So glad I’ve found these videos . Thanks Greg

[pianist_n]

Hanon Exercises is the second most used piano book in Korea after Czerny.
actually, many students in Korea practice Hanon every day
Thanks for uploading a great video today, Greg!

[cdddd]

Greg, thank you so much for your time and care.
Your videos help a lot! Thank you for short videos for each exercise.

[MD-kydt]

Greg, You're simply the best ! 🎉🎉🎉

[spirituellebuchermeditatio]

I ordered all of them, the Hanon , books now after your advice Nr 1, 2 and 3 and I am glad you show how to do them. Thank you....you are right, it's important how it sounds. Like a friend who is a cook always said, it counts only if it tastes. It can look amazing, but if it doesn't taste it's for nothing.

[sandraangot]

Hello Greg, thank you for your vidéo. I have to say that I had quit those exercices until your last vidéo about it. Since then I play them every day. 8 by day plus I have devided the scales and arpeggios for the week. I have to say that I have improved. Thank you

[iuriisusuk]

It is very helpful 😊 Thank you very much ❤

[wireless]

I'm beginner, but it's very exciting to watch high level practicing of hanon.

[sychg]

Thank you for explaining this in detail. Very often, we just don't know the reason and logic behind.

[hippophile]

Thank you so much for this. Hand movements in-and-out or rotations are something I try sometimes... also I do long-short note exercises sometimes where a run is uneven (playing like etc). The breakdown into groups at the end was interesting, I shall give that a go.

You did ask to keep updated on my "Hanon journey", so maybe this is a good moment? Sorry if that makes this post a little long. I am on day 23. My left pinky sticks out sometimes, but the right hand is OK... I am gradually working on it, but obviously the right hand is mostly faster (5-15 bpm) than the left hand, and more comfortable in some exercises.

I think Hanon is helping me keep chords together better (eg in Op28#17) but is upsetting the accuracy of my jumps I think (temporary muscle development effects I hope!!). It might be helping with evenness of some runs, not sure though. First couple of weeks I got sore little hand muscles (interosseus muscles etc), but no strains.

So you are playing at 220 bpm or so! Insane! Maybe I could manage 130 for ex.1 only, but I lose evenness after about 120. In fact I stopped using the metronome for most other exercises as it encourages me to play too fast and unevenly.

Question: I would really like an idea of how fast this needs to get to play, say, the 48 note fioritura in Chopin's Nocturne Op.27 #2 at a reasonably good pace (I reckon I need 20% more speed at least to stop it sounding like a fast scale). If I can get to play that I think I can learn the piece in time, if not I should maybe try another piece.

[mrsmokpiano]

Good! I started to practice Hanon with separate hands and only once for my confidence with both hands. I think your method makes sense in general, but for beginners like me also important to be able to play with both hands. Also fingering is different in hands and for 1 hand I could play non legato, for other staccato.

[panburza]

Panie Grzegorzu, jak Pan może! Unikałem Hanona.. po pierwszym filmie zacząłem ćwiczyć.. a teraz to nawet nie wypada nie ćwiczyć! Pozdrawiam serdecznie!

[velcroman]

Thank you for this most useful instruction on how to practice Hannon. BTW, have you ever considered using a shaving brush or a ladies make-up brush to sweep off the dust that collects on the keys rather than brushing it off with you hand. That, doesn’t work, you will scratch the key surface, nasty.

[nikocuneo]

bonjour! I watched the main hanon video and I was wondering if hanon should also be thought of as a way to strengthen fingers and left hand