A Thread for suggestions of good Finger exercises

[Mansight]

There are many ways for you to exercise your finger and makin them strong. My way is practicing the Hanon Exercises. Once you got it, start playing it in a faster tempo, start from 80 then upward. This is a pretty way to get those fingers workin' :biggrin:

If anyone has any tips and techniques on Finger or hand exercises, Please post it here!!!!

Musicaly,
Mansight

[Delta-1]

As suggestion, some classical books and some exercises as Liszt's Etudes and Chopin's Etudes are great...
They'll really help you to improve your technique a lot.

Also, Czerny's Etudes "both Volumes", could help you to understand many or almost all the piano techniques.

If you want to improve your strength, Cortot's Etudes "Les Principes rationnels de la technique pianistique" worth it.

And for end...
The Father of the Poliphony... J.S. Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier "Das Wohltemperierte Klavier", Book 1 and 2.
Is the best work for any keyboardist or pianist, because these preludes and fugues will help you to independent each finger of both hands and also, they'll help the musician to understand how make different lines and different kinds of polyphonies even if you're playing rock, jazz or any genre...

So...
I hope these tips have helped you! :wink:


Best Regards.
Izmael. :cool:

[Mike Lydian]

Hanon is good to start with. there are some cool patterns in there that could be brought up in improvisations.

if you got hanon down then try just sitting down and playing around.

this way you can build some composition skills, and keep up technique and speed in the process. this method does take a bit of knowledge in music theory and harmony. without it, the end product might sound like mindless ramblings with no structure or direction.

a metronome playing lightly in the background is a good idea to strengthen sense of tempo.

chopin etudes are by far the best way to gain speed and precision, but they take a really long time to learn. (so many notes!)

[Delta-1]

Although...
I think Chopin's Etudes are great for an medium-skill training, though they have a lot of notes... :cool:

[PinkFloydDudi]

As a side on the Hanon stuff - my teacher once yelled at me for doing them with both hands at all times. My right hand is faster than my left, and doing them to a metronome so my left can keep up was holding my right hand back.

His suggestion was that no matter what exercises you are doing, be sure to do your hands separate, and also together if you'd like. Don't only do it one way or the other though, you will hold yourself back to whatever your weaker hand is (or weakest finger, etc...)