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Milly Jones
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« Reply #240 on: 09:15:51, 16-10-2008 »
Quote from: harmonyharmony on 08:12:06, 15-10-2008
I use Geoffrey Tankard's exercises as a start to my practice, but I know people who swear by Hanon (I used to swear at Hanon, which is why I switched to Tankard!).
It's also worth getting hold of an ABRSM Grade 8 scale book and starting with C major and A minor, and relearning them. I keep on meaning to do this  Embarrassed.

I use Hanon. I always have.  I just go straight through.  For me it covers every eventuality for a warm-up.
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« Reply #241 on: 09:56:00, 16-10-2008 »
I've never used technical exercises as i found that the best way to do that was to play pieces which had the technical difficulty i wanted to overcome in them.  Having said that, parallel 3rds still give me trouble (e.g. Liszt's Orage from the Annees de Pelerinage, book 1).
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« Reply #242 on: 10:31:17, 16-10-2008 »
Quote from: Jonathan on 09:56:00, 16-10-2008
I've never used technical exercises as i found that the best way to do that was to play pieces which had the technical difficulty i wanted to overcome in them.  Having said that, parallel 3rds still give me trouble (e.g. Liszt's Orage from the Annees de Pelerinage, book 1).
I know this is about pianos but I always did the same with the violin (when I was playing on a properly regular basis.)  I'd play pieces that I knew well but that were stretching (literally.)  Smiley
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