Musicians sometimes disparage him for not being a composer at the level of Beethoven, but as Fernando Laires said, “Czerny’s purpose in his studies was to give students the skill to play Beethoven.” For editions, I personally prefer the Czerny studies selected by Emil Liebling (Theodore Presser). As a student of Beethoven and the only teacher of Franz Liszt, Carl Czerny is important pedagogically.

I always teach Hanon, since it exercises all five fingers equally, and I ask students to transpose them to all keys. The etude is usually built upon a pattern that expands and repeats until it becomes easy and automatic while in repertoire, patterns typically are changing too quickly to develop the same familiarity and coordination.Īfter deciding to include etudes in my students’ assignments, the decision had to be made as to w hi c h ones were best. Comparing to Hanon these Etudes are much longer, they do not sound like exercises at all, perfect transition to Chopin Etudes.In recent years I have been teaching more etudes as I have realised that the piano etude is the intermediate ground between the “pure” technique (such as scales, arpeggios, chords) and the repertoire. It’s definitely a book for advanced pianist, make sure you have good piano experience before trying this book. ✅Czerny Art Of Finger Dexterity op 740 One of the more complex piano technique books. I found these etudes to be more satisfying than Czerny's. 72 Wonderful pieces, they not that challenging yet, but definitely help you transition to a more advanced level. Comparing to Hanon it is less complete as it covers less technical difficulties, but on the other hand these Etudes sound like complete musical pieces, and they are definitely more enjoyable to practice! ✅Mozkowski Etudes Op. ✅Czerny School of Velocity op 299 Great book for intermediate and early advanced level students. Covers all types of technical exercises and scales. Great collection of short pieces, easy to read, but extremely helpful in developing finger strength. I am gonna go from the easiest to the most advanced. Having plenty of experience I think that would be useful to make a list of my favorite books, and materials that I find the most helpful in developing good piano habits. Since all my teachers had their own preferences, the materials I used at a certain time or level were different.

I myself went through different stages while developing my piano technique. Technique is one of the elements that has to be taught from a very beginning. Anna Goryacheva - Technique development 🎹 Having a good technique is crucial if you want to learn piano, especially if you serious about that.

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