Hanon Exercise No. 56
About this arrangement
Hanon asks you to play the scales through without stopping, and says this highly important exercise also prepares the wrists for the study of the tremolo. A footnote asks you to take the black keys with the fourth finger of each hand throughout.
Let the wrist move the hand between the thumb and the fifth finger instead of lifting each finger on its own, and use the fourth finger on every black key. Learn one key at a time before playing them all through. Start at a quarter note = 60 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. 56 train?
Broken octaves from a supple wrist in all 24 keys, as a preparation for the tremolo.
02 How fast should I play Hanon No. 56?
Hanon's marking is a quarter note = 60 to 120. Start at 60 and raise the speed a little at a time, only when every note is even.
03 How long is Hanon No. 56?
Our edition has 97 bars: four bars for each of the 24 keys, played straight through, then a final E octave.