Video #17 How to Play Hanon Exercises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF1_zGpwbPQ

How do you effectively practice Hanon exercises? Check out this Robert Estrin video. Some of the points he covers include:

1. Always use a metronome. Start with a setting of 60.

2. It's all about finger strength. Use only the fingers, not the arms.

3. Keep fingers raised.

4. Once you've gone through this exercise several times at 1 note to a beat, move on to 2 notes to a beat, still with fingers raised.

5. Next, move on to 4 notes to a beat. There's no time to raise fingers now. Fingers close to the keys. ROUNDED hands.

6. Practice Hanon every day--focusing on one exercise a week.

7. After you've gone through the first 10 exercises, you're ready to move on to scales and arpeggios.