Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)
The Virtuoso Pianist, No. 33
Turning the thumb under the third finger. From Hanon's exercises, Part II
In Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist
In Easy pieces that sound hard
No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at dotted quarter = 48: the middle speed of the 19 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.
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Versions
Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.
- As written1202 notes
- Melody and left-hand roots652 notes
- Right-hand melody601 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: dotted half notes, sixteenth notes
- Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips)
- 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