A Comparative Study Of Hanon The Virtuoso Pianist In 60 Exercises And Brahms 51 Exercises For The Piano

In the piano learning stage,we will go through an important stage,finger skills practice,without good finger skills,cannot express the perfect music.Finger skills,on the other hand,require a lot of practice.Therefore,in the usual piano practice,we must choose some professional finger practice teaching materials to practice fingers.At present,there are a lot of teaching materials for finger practice.Here,I choose Hanon The Virtuoso Pianist In 60 Exercises and Brahms 51 Exercises for The Piano to make a comparative study.These two finger exercises include the most basic five-finger exercises,two-tone exercises,six-degree exercises,octave exercises,half-scale exercises,arpeggio exercises,chords exercises,tremolo exercises,and so on.Can meet the requirements of most pianists to practice finger skills.But careful analysis of these two textbooks,we will find that Hanon The Virtuoso Pianist In 60 Exercises is more mechanical,systematic.But there will also be a lot of pianists who feel boring,lack of innovation,and whirlwind.Many of the Brahms 51 Exercises for The Piano vary in a more spirited and innovative way.And this textbook contains some different finger exercises from Hanon The Virtuoso Pianist In 60 Exercises,such as four-to-three rhythms,five-to-four rhythms,abbreviated exercises,expansion exercises,decorative notes,homophonic finger-changing,etc.In the rhythm,there are four-to-three rhythms,five-to-four rhythms,abbreviations,expansion exercises,and so on.It broke the relatively mechanical tradition of Hanon The Virtuoso Pianist In 60 Exercises.These two methods of piano practice have their own advantages and disadvantages.Through a comparative study of these two different finger practice teaching materials,some enlightenments that can be applied to the actual performance process are obtained.It is helpful to piano learners who expect to improve their finger skills through finger practice.