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Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)

The Virtuoso Pianist, No. 30

A trill shared between the thumb and second finger and the fourth and fifth. From Hanon's exercises, Part II

In Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist

Level
3 of 7
Time
4/4
Length
55 bars
Plays in
1 to 3 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at quarter note = 108: the middle speed of the 73 studies and exercises in the library whose files set one, held to the top speed Hanon prints for these exercises. Its length counts from that.

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of The Virtuoso Pianist, No. 30
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written1730 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots920 notes
  • Right-hand melody865 notes

To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.

What it asks of you

  • Bass clef from C2 to G4, with ledger lines
  • No key signature to keep in mind
  • Rhythm: half notes, sixteenth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position

What stands between you and this piece

Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.

Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1900, plate 15538 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Charles-Louis Hanon died in 1900. Credits