Hanon Exercise No. 45
About this arrangement
Hanon calls it notes repeated in groups of two, by all five fingers. He asks you to study the first fingering until it is thoroughly mastered, practise each of the five others the same way, and then play through the whole exercise without stopping. Accent the first of each pair of slurred notes.
Learn one fingering at a time; each one is four bars long and repeats. Accent the first note of each pair and let the second one come from the other finger without moving the hand. Use a metronome and keep both hands exactly together.
Start with short loops.
Use the section list as a practice map. Start at 50% tempo, loop one section, then return to the full piece once the hand shape feels stable.
Choose Right or Left to focus on one hand. Wait for note checks the highlighted notes as you play them on the screen or a connected MIDI keyboard.
Before you practice.
01 What does Hanon No. 45 train?
Repeated notes played by two different fingers, with six fingerings that use all five fingers.
02 How fast should I play Hanon No. 45?
Hanon's marking is a quarter note = 60 to 108. Start at 60 and raise the speed a little at a time, only when every note is even.
03 How long is Hanon No. 45?
Our edition has 25 bars: six fingerings of four bars each, every one repeated, then a final C.