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Thank you so much for these detailed videos! Very helpful for people who can't access a tutor (or can't access a tutor familiar with this approach, which is almost everyone!). I hope you can make detailed videos of the whole book. Thanks again!

I already bought this book based on your other detailed videos. I started the exercises, but now I need to start trying to incorporate these new techniques into playing songs, classical or jazz. It will be a slow, gradual process.

Thanks so much for your videos! I'm excited to learn about this book! I've worked with Edna G and John B as well as had the pleasure of playing for Mrs T back when the summer seminars were held at Amherst. Not much else to add, except that I'm so grateful for the material you make available to your followers!

And the Kindle version of Hanon is even cheaper!

I’ve got this and this is the way to do Hanon healthily. Love it

saw this yesterday in an airport ... didn't see it all as was traveling. Went to Amazon and looked up the book not knowing you had an affiliate link. Woopsies. Still, very exited for this book and to reform some old ideas. Books will be here today, book 1 and 2, and look forward to your videos to come. Thanks so much for you sharing your passion!

Honestly excited to see your videos tackling some of the content on this as this inspired me to buy and go through it. The visual aides would help a lot.

You sold me 😄 Picking up my copy and I look forward to your future videos!

Wow, after watching this video I got a copy and started practicing some of the exercises and I could instantly feel an improvement when I was playing my normal repertoire, thanks!

😂 I love how passion you are when you are talking about the book. I will give it a go, thank you so much for sharing this!

and .. 4. PREVENTING injuries and stilted progress for countless thousands of developing students ... :-)

Thank you for introducing us to this wonderful book!!! Truly appreciate it. Got my copy yesterday and love it.

I'm not sure it's always an "either ... or" situation. As we've discussed, I've adapted Hanon to use only a few select exercises, and I use then in a wide variety of ways (although I had not included the Taubman rotation -- I'll definitely consider including that going forward). So I'm neither a "never practice or teach" or a "practice/teach every day" . I would suspect that other teachers have done similar things. However, it's great that this "official" alternative has come out to help "rescue" some of those hazardous "always" folks -- to at least inform, and perhaps give them "permission" to alter their approach and depart ("escape") from the Hanon altar of technic blood sacrifice ... As a follow-up -- this book sounds an order of magnitude better than the original "just Hanon" -- especially with the included notes on how to use the weight in the hands, the practice tips, and the Taubman gestures, etc. Looking at the table of contents I see that the book identifies and uses specific Hanon exercises to address specific technical competencies, which is how I also use Hanon -- as an adjunct resource rather than blindly jumping into a swamp of countless repetitive, marginally-beneficial mind/musically numbing exercises. My approach to technical studies is to find, use and adapt the best combination of technical studies to give the most comprehensive coverage in the least amount of time -- both daily practice time and overall developmental time (hence why I combine Hanon #1 and #5 to get the benefits of both in a single play-through). Having built a good versatile foundation, I go to the repertoire (etudes, sonatinas, sonatas, etc.) to incorporate and develop technic musically -- i.e. with musicality. Besides Hanon -- which attempts (somewhat absurdly) to capture every possible combination and order of 5 fingers -- there's Aloys Schmitt's "Preparitory Exercises", Op. 16 , which is somewhat more concise, less redundant than Hanon, and Louis Plaidy's "Technical Studies For The Piano" which is also more concise, less redundant, and better organized than Hanon. I've found Plaidy to be a good resource for technical studies for my beginning students -- especially the first few exercises in section III using the 3rd, 4th, and 5th fingers for strengthening and flexibility. Both Plaidy and Schmitt have good coverage of scales, arpeggios, octave, 3rds, 6ths, etc. If you're interested, here are a few books covering a fairly wide spectrum that I've found helpful and useful that others may also enjoy: Louis Plaidy: Technical Studies - as mentioned, similar coverage as Hanon and Schmitt, but better organized, less redundant. Ernest Hutcheson: Elements of Piano Technique -- a very concise guide that addresses specific technical areas. Josef Hofman: Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered -- a candid and interesting coverage of piano technic, practice and other aspects of the piano. George Kochevitsky: The Art of Piano Playing: A Scientific Approach -- interesting from the scientific point of view (mechanical, physiological, acoustic, psychological, etc.) - an historic view of piano technic as relating to different instruments, preferences, technology in different eras.

I AM SOO BUYING THIS THIS BOOK!!! Two at music school with a piano major didnt help me with this!

I'm starting with the Faber book for beginners and am about halfway through. I'll be sure to get that one, thanks for the plug. My daughter is back so hopefully she can edit the video and mine will be out for exercises FOR the pianist, with self-treatments. I just saw a musician who plays a stringed instrument with an electric cord attached and he was surprised at the finger strength he could achieve with them.

This video inspired me so much I ordered my own copy of Hanon-Faber (it'll be here tomorrow!!). Thank you!! I'm looking forward to diving into it and 'fixing' my technique with Hanon.

Although modern piano actions tend to feel heavier than older ones, 100g downweight means there is something seriously wrong with your piano. Normal downweight on a modern piano should be in the upper 50g range in the bass, and mid 40g in the treble. But, downweight isn't the only thing. Excessive front key leads can give you a low downweight but too much inertia, making the piano play like a truck even though the downweight measurement is low. That being said, thanks for the practice tips, you have a great channel!

I watched some of your videos on Hanon when I first started relearning piano this year (digital piano Xmas gift!), but just yesterday bought this book. I'm so glad you have these thorough lessons! I had dutifully dragged my 50 year old copies of the original Hanon books out of the cupboard, along with the childish Schaum books; after a few weeks I had pain in my back and hands, and was very discouraged. I ditched them all in favor of Bartok's Mikrokosmos series and a book from the 1940s called Hand Equalization Studies, which is based on Czerny and specifically different than Hanon. I realize I have mental/emotional healing to do re. those lessons, and that includes getting over Hanon.

You have my interest. I started Hanon 1 & 2 and already feel stuck. My hands and forearms seem to lock up. I’ll check this book out, thank you!

Just what I need, another Hanon book! 😆already have the original Hanon, Hanon Revisited (Gold and Fizdale, consists of diff patterns in each hand necessitating diff shapes in each hand), as well as Technical Variants on Hanon (Lindquist). Neither have detailed verbal instructions on execution however. Btw, I took lessons frim Edna Golandsky for a few years (rotation, in/out, shaping, walking hand and arm, etc.) That was abt 15 yrs ago! Sorry to say i stopped playing for too long after that. Coming across ur channel has inspired me to get back into it. Just purchased Hanon-Faber from Amazon. Will be delivered tomorrow! 😊

I want an ipad/computer version of this book.

Thanks for sharing this resource and the detailed videos on each gesture. How much would your recommend practicing each exercise and how do you decide when to move on to the next one? I'm around Grade 3 level and have never done technical exercises like these before (only scales and arpeggios for about 10 minutes at the start of each hour-long practice session). Thanks!

Mmm.. my teacher always tell me not to do dumb stuff with my wrists and forearm and pretty much keep them relaxed but not moving.. am i missing something here? Are these gestures any useful technique-wise or are these just propedeutical to hand choreography for concert pianists?

An important note with Hanon, and any exercises really. You must be aware of the students motivations and mental state. Some students react incredibly poorly to exercises and can't stand them. Other love them and gain great benefit! Don't force a student to do exercises if they don't react well to them.

Does this book apply to digital pianos? Or does it work only for acoustic piano players

Hi, I’m a beginner, playing for just under a year. Is it too soon to practice these exercises?