[ronpaul]

As a teenager I learned to play the piano accordion to a high standard (6yrs of lessons)

I now 68 and retired and have been 'relearning' piano for almost a year.

I can read easy sheet music but feel I need excercises to improve hand coordination, any suggestions?

Can anyone suggest a teacher near to Sutton, Surrey

[joyce]

I'd like to suggest Hanon, the virtuoso pianist. The first 10 excercises are fairly easy to remember, and can be done as a warm up every day. They're fairly repetative, but as an advantage you can vary it each time you play with dynamics, accent, seperate hands, and finally building up the speed. Scales and arpeggios are also good for co-ordinating the hands, though they also get a bit boring. I used to do a little of both, and it really helped. If you do decide to get Hanon, you should do a little every day slowly until you build up dexterity and strength... it's really easy to get carried away and hurt your arms or fingers: as I found out myself!

Hope this helps, and good luck!

[Gill the Piano]

My teacher made me do the Wieck studies by Clara Wieck (later Mrs Clara Schumann!) and these were the exercises devised by her father. They're melodious and interesting...more so than Hanon and Czerny, I thought, but then I never liked studies! I think they're published by Edition Peters. Have fun!

[DHan]

I have just read the replies posted by Joyce & Gill. I am 63 and have just started to learn playing the piano from scratch by hearing. What are the Hanon. the Czemy and the Wieck you are refering to? Are they easily available on the internet or can any one help?
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