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Junior Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises Arranged in a Simplified and Condensed Format
An unsurpassed and important book of exercises for young piano students. Charles-Louis Hanon was a French musician and teacher who strove to create new ways to improve his students' technique.
This volume of proven and exercises help to acquire speed, precision, agility and strength in the fingers of both hands as well as flexibility of the wrists. Whilst retaining the essence of the work, they have be condensed and simplified so as to be suitable for beginners and young, developing pianists.
Czerny: 100 Progressive Studies Without Octaves, Op. 139
Op. 139 begins with an easy level of pieces and gradually increases to a moderately difficult level. Some of the technical devices in these pieces include: right-hand melody with left-hand accompaniment; diatonic and chromatic scalar and arpeggio figurations; syncopated melodies and trills. Many of the studies can be transposed into other keys and practiced at varied tempos.