Hanon Exercise No. 58
About this arrangement
Hanon heads it sustained octaves, accompanied by detached notes. He asks you to strike the octaves vigorously without lifting the wrists, and to hold them down while deftly playing the inner notes with a good finger movement.
Hold each octave with the thumb and fifth finger for the whole beat and let only the inner fingers move for the detached notes. Keep the wrist level and still. 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. 58 train?
Independent inner fingers while the thumb and fifth finger hold an octave, in both hands.
02 How fast should I play Hanon No. 58?
Hanon's marking is a quarter note = 60 to 92. Start at 60 and raise the speed a little at a time, only when every note is even.
03 How long is Hanon No. 58?
Our edition has 19 bars: eight bars on the scale and ten bars moving apart and back, all repeated, then a final C major chord.