Piano Quick Tip: WARM-UP

Playing piano can hurt your fingers, hands and arms if you don’t warm up properly! In this video I show my daily warm-up routine. There are many different exercises and ways to warm up - I am always using HANON.
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[@Hajjmusic_]

Do you use the same fingering for every key?

[@heartofthekeys]

HajjMusic yes! This actually very important but so normal to me that I forgot to mention it in the video... it is all about doing the same movements again and again using different keys but the same fingering. Even though you will not use this fingering for music pieces it is a very good exercise because you will feel which position your hands and fingers like more and which positions are a little bit tricky.

[@Hajjmusic_]

Heart of the Keys thank you! That’s awesome

[@leylahim2977]

I started piano when I retired but daily practising helped me to achieve my goals into a voyage of classic music sheets.Just find out your tutorials which gave me lots of useful fingering tips.

[@adrianopiano5551]

@@leylahim2977 🎶🎶

[@czror]

Thank you very much for sharing this . I hope Czerny exceesises could work, too... Sending Lots of health and optimism :-)

[@ornleifs]

That sheet music shelf behind you looks so interesting - could you perhaps do a video where you go through your sheet music collection.

[@luciazito5239]

Please! :)

[@ga.y231]

Looks like she has manga lmqo

[@r.j4449]

Many pianists despise Hanon but the truth is that it is super effective and your fingers then fly over the keyboard, and they incredibly improve your technique with very simple exercises.

[@aBachwardsfellow]

- **** IF **** practiced using a healthy technique - such as she is using - *NOT* lifting the fingers high - NO, NO, *NO!*

[@tomt3956]

@@aBachwardsfellow If you are a beginner, and have not developed finger and hand independence yet, imo it's extremly helpful to do these or other excercises with highly raised fingers slowly..

[@aBachwardsfellow]

​@@tomt3956 I agree - the KEY word being *slowly* - meaning (for me) MM = 40 - 80 for *eighth* notes (20 - 40 for 1/4 notes) AND for no more than 5 minutes at a time AND playing without tension AND stopping immediately and resting if there's any tension (i.e. do not practice tension, do not learn tension) . Adding Taubman's rotation may be helpful. For developing facility at MM 40+ for quarter notes, lifting the fingers should be abandoned altogether and a close (musical) touch should be cultivated - completely devoid of tension in the upper muscles (extensors) of the forearm. None of this high-finger machine-gun-like slamming of the keys through the bottom of the keybed at MM = 160 - it sounds and looks like crap! There are other ways to develop strength and independence - such as holding all 5 keys down and playing patterns of single and double notes - for about 2 minutes max (why spend 5 minutes - much less hours developing something that can be done in 2 minutes - right?)

[@floriankurz4169]

HANON, even in rhythms, is brainless. Better use Dohnanyi or Brahms 51 exercises.

[@kenhimurabr]

@@floriankurz4169 beginners can't do Brahms or Dohnanyi... but Cortot (and maybe Behringer) is a great alternative to Hanon when dealing with total beginners and to build a solid foundation on technique.

[@Misteribel]

Finally a video that actually explains *how* it's best to use Hanon exercises. Perfect! Play every key, don't play too fast, use different rhythms, different phrasing and always ensure hands are relaxed. While you're still mastering the exercises, pay special attention that each note is clear and even sounding. The only thing I can add is that I also use it to exercise polyrhythms (lh 3-5, rh 4-4, so you get 3 over 4 and 5 over 4 within the 8 notes, and other such variants).

[@RamiruMataro]

I don't know what's with you, but when I accidentally click one of your vids, you got me hooked for the upcoming 3 to 4 vids straight, you're always sophisticated whenever you present yourself

[@freefalll1]

She, WHERING SLIPPERS, can make hanon sound better than me playing my best piece in my best day... Thanks for showing us the way. This is the way!

[@PianistStefanBoetel]

This technique routine is not only about warming up but also building up a good technique over a long term independently from which repertoire you are practising at the moment. Great Video, Annique!

[@ramyakhera6615]

Your piano sounds so good specially the non legato part ( yes i came here from la campanella challenge video)

[@Zdrange03]

Fwiw she has a Yamaha C2

[@lukass1604]

I guess its because she plays well :D

[@neferkey9591]

It makes me think to ballet dancers, doing their bar exercices every morning. It is the same for pianists :)

[@dong-khwanyi1245]

"Focussing my body, Create the rhythm through your body, Impulse from stomach and Relax." Great. Really helpful for me.

[@wiktord9264]

You are the piano teacher I've never had. Thank you.

[@sylvestercoffee7212]

I'm realizing now how important my Hanon and Czerny exercises are.I don't always want to start with them but I feel better when I do. I generally play through 6-10 Hanon then do 10-16 Czerny. Improvement is slow but sure.

[@cameronburnett9679]

I found that playing the Hanon exercises staccato helped me a lot. Right from the first exercise. It helped get the arm weight action into my legato.

[@kenhimurabr]

Same with me.

[@michaelwong5356]

This so important. I seriously hurt a ligament in my right hand due to not warming up before a performance. That put me out of action for 2 months. I can't even play a C major tonic triad without feeling as if my right hand is being ripped apart.

[@manijepiano1115]

Absolutely brilliant warm up advice!

[@babakmahbaei]

Thank you for the tips and daily warm-up routine.

[@TheOneOnlyClickmeister]

Wishing you all the very best and thank you for all the time you take to share your process. Stay safe. 🤗🙏🏼🎹 Angelo

[@brucecrane9605]

You made me appreciate the benefit of Warming Up. I usually don't but will begin to do it. thanks.

[@kennethwelsby2143]

I am new to piano am always interested in hand excercises. Coming from a Bagpipe background, I can easily appreciate the value of definitive structured articulated scale exercises. Thank you for your wonderful work!

[@andrescarrizo5204]

I enjoy very much your lessons. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@kimberlybrathwaite]

Annique! I just discovered your channel and I couldn’t be more grateful. You are so full of light, grace, and of course incredible talent!! Thanks for the practice tips! 💕 you’re officially added to my goals list

[@benjamonpookoo2741]

Omg I've been stabbing staccato keys for years. The jumping off the note advice is gold for me!

[@ajsmusicstudio]

THANK YOU for your thoughts on warming up and how vital it is to our music practice!! Love your content and teaching style. Looking forward to exploring your channel!

[@jeff27]

i luv the rhythmic practicees!!!❤❤❤

[@andreiortizv]

Excellent, thank you!

[@franciscocalvo1980]

Thank you very much. Your tips help me a lot.

[@ian757]

Warming up and focusing on technique instead of performance rings so true to me as a keen runner. Most of my training is not performance level and it’s essential for me to warm up as well. Your hair looked amazing in this video. Clearly you were having a good/great day. 😍

[@darykinnaman2319]

This is the video I needed to watch, you are wonderful! I use the Hanon exercises and I warm up with them. Thank you.

[@user-yc4yo1zy6o]

Na, richtig, so SUPER Annique!

[@evelinebouteiller]

You are great, young lady! Besides being a great musician, you are a great teacher! Greetings from Brazil!

[@z.n4053]

Hi thank you so mach i play piano too and i always just practice without any warm up so now I watch your video I decided to warm up before any practice and thanks for your suggestion to how warm up 💜🙏🏻

[@irismah8896]

I love your rhythm ideas 💡 😍 💙 ❤ 💕.

[@jessicalatorraca8507]

This adds spice to Hanon! Thank you!

[@geraldandrle9930]

What an amazing video in so many ways, thank you

[@blalab8402]

Thank you for this great lesson, I often forget to warm up and that makes my Hands tensioned and unready to play light and free

[@nicolasmenegakis4833]

Great work and explanation !! For my warm up I use to choose one exercise from hanon 1-20 and try it in every major and minor scale. You can try it if you haven't it s a bit difficult and tricky 😁

[@jeff27]

7:45 8:01 4:19 4:27 Soooo satisfying watching you do all of these rhythms! 5:23

[@paolashiadani1046]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[@balazskalvin712]

Thank you for sharing this useful method. I tried it out, and my hand really feels relaxed. I never did any warmup, and I never heard of these excersizes, despite graduating from a renown Music Academy, and I had to stop working for half a year because of straining my hand. It would be essential to teach this, to prevent a lot of self-harm.

[@oggmonster175]

your videos are great, having the additional captions on screen is really helpful as well

[@fadrian98]

Hanons help a lot with fluidity in the fingers!

[@aod2392]

You’ve got me hooked. I’ve learnt something from every one of your videos. That is an achievement 🙂

[@dmitriy_goltsman]

Your voice is perfect!

[@StephUpNow]

Beautiful.... Tips

[@Pianoschoollu]

Very useful video! Could you please do a video explaining the rythms you use for this exercise? Thank you 😊

[@joypaillaud340]

J adore votre façon de faire comprendre comment absorber l intuition qui est en nous le piano je t❤️

[@pianojuanito]

You are amazing, greetings from México

[@MrPjdasilva]

Muito bom. Eu muitas vezes sinto dores no meu pulso principalmente no esquerdo porque não aqueço antes de começar. Vou começar a fazer isso.

[@carmaayala1192]

Thank you for tips and wwArmup

[@larrygraham3377]

Thanks for a great lession... 😁😁😁

[@alirezatarahomi8682]

Very nice video , thank you for sharing this 🌿

[@lt15_27]

❤ wonderful!

[@ebrahimshahmirani3245]

Thanks..very useful

[@pearlfisher8988]

The video on Hanon was very helpful, things my teacher never mentioned...that was 40years ago.

[@santiagovillodre1990]

thanks for that video!

[@nihaimamoniquestamper7670]

🥰Thank you for this teaching, it is very helpful. Soon i will have my piano to then i can practice. Greeting from Netherland.

[@nikocuneo2589]

beautiful

[@intiillimani8673]

I love watching your videos just for relaxation and inspiration 🤭🤭 I'm just a piano beginner...

[@XtrAMassivE]

Can't way to get a properer piano. I'm learning so much more about piano thanks to you.

[@Siamak..]

many thanks💙💙💙💙🙌

[@marcosfelipeferreiraamazon4170]

OMG, you look amazing! Congrats.

[@CindyMusicPianoWorkshop]

Thanks for sharing

[@gerardosanchez4409]

Hola...Gracias por el consejo... 😊🎹🎶

[@larinha1207]

oh gosh it helps so much

[@luvmuppets]

One thing I like to play when warming up is the E->D#->C#->B->E->D#->C#->B etc. octave part of Chopin’s Heroic Polonaise Op. 53. You can play it with either hand or both hands at the same time. It requires power, speed and accuracy. Some people like to warm up with easy stuff but this polonaise passage gets my mojo going.

[@ngachanyoshimray3737]

Wow very interesting! I really like it

[@user-di5il5sc1l]

My teacher makes me play the first 16 one after the other 3 times every beginning of lessons. It’s been a while I haven’t played and I can’t even play the first 5....... Gotta go practice ！

[@romisingh1887]

You are sooooooo talented 👍😘

[@RobertHugginsDJ]

Thanks

[@dmz234]

Gorgeous...

[@neyfosard]

Nice presentation of a well controlled and relaxed practice. It would be extra helpful to clarify in comment the different rhythms and touch variations :)

[@Eva_Piano]

I like to play piano every day ❤-Chopin❤

[@keyseybenjamin4396]

Hi annique, can you make a video on wrist/arm movement, or how to release tension in our arm/wrist?

[@Sitbon08]

Can you please do a video on seat height and distance and posture? Most teachers teach either a) the top of forearm should be level or sloping down slightly b) the elbow bone should be level with the bottom of a depressed key c) elbow bone level with top of white keys. Despite playing for over 30 years, Ive recently been over activating my right forearm flexors/tendons despite practicing slow, not over curling the fingers nor key bedding. I’m currently retraining in the Taubman approach to try and resolve it and sitting so my forearm bone is approx horizontal.

[@pianoscienceartisraelzaval8143]

Hannon Rules and Rocks !!!!

[@annamullaney859]

Cool, thanks! By the way, I like your slippers😉

[@sweetprais1315]

I like your teaching ,I love your beauty

[@floriankurz4169]

The beauty is far stronger than the teaching.

[@manuelhernandezfierr]

good exercises to warm up, in ricordi's edition (page 42) I found the rhythms, what a great help

[@wolfangyal4921]

Thanks I was looking for this!

[@hadasasisu5349]

Where can I find it???

[@mustofakamal3841]

My God !! You are so talented and beautiful ☺☺

[@floriankurz4169]

More beauty here than talent.

[@aBachwardsfellow]

Annique - thank HEAVENS you're using a close touch technic and NOT LIFTING your fingers! I wish that you would point this out and emphasize it to your viewers. Playing Hanon with lifting the fingers is very bad technic and can cause injuries. I also use and recommend a limited amount of Hanon similar to what you are using (the first 20 are enough) and am glad to see that your are playing sensibly with a good technic and at moderate speeds for warm-ups as opposed to playing too fast and causing tension and injuries! I very much enjoyed the variety of rhythms, articulations, and combinations - some of which I look forward to trying. For additional variety, I also play them in 10ths and 6ths, which seems to add a bit of fluidity since the hands are on different notes. They're also more "musical" that way - almost sound pretty! :-) Sometimes I like to combine 2 different patterns in alternating measures. For example, Hanon #1 and Hanon #5 - play one measure of #1, step up to the next note and play one measure of #5, step up to the next note and play one measure of #1, etc. I have not tried many other combinations at this point - For just a bit more of a workout try playing them in the harmonic minor keys - this gives a little extra stretch and micro-movement warm-up with some of the intervals created between the lowered 6th and raised 7th of the harmonic scale. Playing these in 10ths and 6ths can become quite an adventure - for example F-sharp harmonic minor in 10ths or 6ths - !

[@creandoCOSASdiy]

(you can improve the video quality in your videos (getting rid off the horizontal lines) recording in a progresive video format, avoiding interlaced modes, or activating de-interlace when editting)

[@naschkatzepanpan]

Annique, your fingering tips video is so useful! I have a question on warm up exercise in this video. My son starts in grade 3 piano. Which grade do you suggest to start doing this warm up exercise you demonstrate? After ABRSM grade 5? TIA

[@pianoeducationbairagisir1189]

Nice 👍

[@simplyrey9063]

Hi! Good day your post on you tube is so informative as a keyboard player it helps me a lot. I used to play my style a chord on left hand and a melody on my right hand, is appropriate in a 61keys and it don't sound well. Need some help.

[@pierre-antoinenoirot8503]

Hi, How do you practice speed? Don't you do scales during your warm-up ? Thanks

[@carlantonio7363]

Your so amazing.. I like that exercise bat I don't no how to gate that notes..can I favor to teach me

[@gianfrancolena68]

Hi Annique, what exercises do you recommend from Hannon before starting a study session?

[@Nicksick222]

Very insightful video! I have a question regarding rotation of the wrist in legato play in the later exercises. You rotate outward in the same direction as playing the notes, not in a contrasting direction, correct? Just so that I understood it correctly. Thanks!

[@davidc6933]

I love what you’re sharing. Thank you. For intermediate piano hobbyists like me, i get tired and strained from this full warmup, and i run out of time to play. Is it ok if i only do one and a half scale with each rhythm instead of the two and half scale that Hanon recommends?

[@tea7172]

I fell in love

[@markus7894]

Great explanations!! What do you do to prevent mind wandering during these lengthy warm-ups?

[@heartofthekeys]

Markus nothing 😅 I think after a while your body and fingers get so used to these exercises that it is ok to not pay that much attention through the whole time you are warming up... but of course only if you do the exercises correctly 😜

[@markus7894]

@@heartofthekeys That sounds interesting! I heard that Clara Schumann was even reading books while doing finger excercises on the piano! Myself, I always found it difficult not to learn wrong stuff like this...

[@fxmagictrader]

@@markus7894 I often watch TV while practicing. Very effective. Let the body do the work.

[@marramtes]

Thank you for the video. I am now with Czerny 599. Which Hanon book do you recomend me to wam up before practice?

[@rupertschnitzler]

I always wonder why no one talks about the fact that in a lot of the Hanon exercises the descending part is not exactly copied mirror-inverted in relation to the ascending part. It starts already with exercise no. 2: the second note of the descending part should be an 'e' instead of a 'd', otherwise you don't have the same hand pattern for both hands.

[@Adambenhmida0000]

you’re so pretty, and amazing at piano

[@ghillies4life]

Love Hanon. My students hate how much I love Hanon.

[@agustinbarrios9]

Super important to warm up and also to cool down and strech after practicing. Do you have a streching routine?. Thanks for sharing this things.

[@heartofthekeys]

Agustín Barrios actually I don’t do any stretching exercises and I am not sure if this is so good for the hands and fingers... but I am really not sure at this point, I just think it is not necessary to stretch my hands as I am not stretching them while playing or at least not that extreme. In the end I want to play with a relaxed hand and relaxed fingers. Stretching the hands always means tension in the hands to me and this is why I don’t do this. But again- this is just my point of view, if you feel good with it and it helps you to warm up and get ready this is totally ok!😊 maybe I am also just thinking of too extreme stretching exercises- if you have one that you can recommend I will be happy if you tell me so I can try it! 😊

[@agustinbarrios9]

@@heartofthekeys Personally I do streching exercises once i finish the practice session. Just because I had tendonitis a few years ago and it took me a while to be able to play de piano again 🙁. All the exercises were given to me by a physiatrist and as you say is important not to create more tension on thoses muscles. In the end I think the important thing is to listen your body and take a good care of it. Thank for sharing your thoughts. 😊

[@missis_jo1017]

@@heartofthekeys What I learned during my time doing martial arts (and also as @Agustin Barrios stated correctly) stretching should always come last. Not after warm-up, but after the entire practice session. Think of your muscles after practice as if they were a woolen sweater after a ride in the washing machine on a slightly too warm program. It's all crumbled, stiff and in the worst case even more felt than knit. In order to "unfelt" your muscles you stretch them, just like you should always pull your sweater into shape and let them dry while lying flat. And then you wait, i.e. no overusing your muscles. Stretching makes your muscles go into relax mode. Using them overexcessively after a stretching session can be just as harmful as not warming up. I'm no specialists though and in music (I played the violin) I never got to a point where I had to worry about damaging my muscles because I didn't warm up before practicing 🙈😅. But from what I know from sports you should give stretching after practice a try. Would be interesting to see, whether you feel a positive impact. If not overdone, it at least shouldn't have a negative one.

[@ericastier1646]

Beautiful dress perfect with your style.

[@johnnycache75]

Could you post a link to the Hanon book that you use? Thanks...love your videos!

[@rbmelk7083]

RB Melk Great video, thank you! Do you ever use Plaidy’s exercises? If so, do you find them useful? I use his exercises for scales in thirds and sixths, but I cannot find other pianists who use his exercises, and I am not completely confident that I am doing them correctly. The stretch in my hands (especially now that I am getting old - 47) feels good, particularly when practicing the sixth scales.. Would you be willing to make a video demonstrating Plaidy’s exercises or at least some strategies for playing scales in thirds and sixths?

[@simondolapo1567]

Happy I came across this exercise of yours cos have always wanted sth that could help me practice in sixths, and thirds.

[@LauraOcchialini]

Hi Annique, your videos are really interesting and enlightening! I usually do some exercises from Hanon but I’ve never thought about different rithms. I’ll certainly try them in my piano session today. Do you know Pichna’s technique exercises? My professor made me buy the book few weeks ago and some exercises are really tough and “hand-breaking” 🥵

[@kenhimurabr]

Hanon is a great method WHEN you know what doing and can be improved if you're able to improvise or adapt it - a great training (to both hands and ears) is to play a random exercise not in unisons, but in thirds and sixths.