Piano Lesson on Using Transposition in Piano Practice

[@DojoOfCool]

LOL you said to transpose Hanon to other keys. I was on a very classical minded forum and said I was transposing Hanon and the classical students brought out their flamethrowers, you don't ever change was masters have written. I come from the Jazz world and you expect everything a Jazz teacher tells you to work on ends in "and do it in all 12 keys". Transposing teaches technique, ear training, and a great skill for making money rehearsing singers and others. transposing is great way to take something you already know and make it challenging again to keep progressing.

[@Pretzels722]

those types are all products of their teachers and very rigid institutions

[@maxxiong]

lol that's like saying you cannot transpose scales And btw Lang Lang played part of La Campanella in D minor as an accompaniment for a canto pop song

[@man0sticks]

Any student of classical music who considers the works of Mr. Hanon to be inviolable masterpieces, and who does not understand the benefits of transposition, has had a very poor musical education indeed.

[@pepeperez91]

A close look at the preface to Hanon clearly states the pianist must try each of the exercises in various keys. The sacrilege is to only play them in C major. Makes no sense just practicing the exercises only in the white notes!

[@NotLegato]

composers are not gods, and our current tuning systems guarantee that the pieces won't fundamentally change when transposed.

[@hshlom]

I tried that last exercise and it's a cool brain teaser. Interesting as scales from 1-5, but much more difficult as thirds.

[@emmaatkinson4334]

I use Dohnanyi finger independence exercises teamed with Penelope Roskell's approach to reducing tension in a quest for playing at a faster tempo. I see that Dohnanyi suggests the appropriate transposing keys for his exercises and he too specifies the fingering. I have tried the other keys and they are a distinct challenge. Some are much harder than other transposition keys, finger independence-wise.

[@elisemcclintick9719]

You are good for my "piano soul"!

[@stephenkyambadde7393]

That warm up exercise right at the end, is soo rich! Thank you for sharing.

[@petergray453]

I miss the fancy shirts. It's summer, Mr. Fitch!