--- product_id: 1339130 title: "Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises For The Piano, Vol. 925, Complete (Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics)" price: "104.90 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1339130-hanon-the-virtuoso-pianist-in-sixty-exercises-for-the-piano store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 60 progressive exercises 120 pages of detailed notation gradual tempo increase for dexterity Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises For The Piano, Vol. 925, Complete (Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics) **Price:** 104.90 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎼 Unlock your virtuoso potential, one keystroke at a time! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises For The Piano, Vol. 925, Complete (Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics) - **How much does it cost?** 104.90 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1339130-hanon-the-virtuoso-pianist-in-sixty-exercises-for-the-piano) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Boost Speed & Control with Ease:** Exercises designed to improve touch, evenness, and finger agility at your own pace. - • **Structured Daily Practice Formula:** A proven, progressive method trusted by teachers worldwide for over a century. - • **Master Finger Independence & Strength:** 60 meticulously crafted exercises to build precision and endurance. - • **Perfect for Self-Directed & Guided Learning:** Clear notation and detailed notes make practice efficient and motivating. - • **Endorsed by Professionals & Enthusiasts Alike:** Join thousands of pianists elevating their technique and confidence daily. ## Overview Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist offers 60 progressive piano exercises across 120 pages, designed to develop finger strength, independence, and agility. Ideal for intermediate to advanced players, this century-old method enhances precision, speed, and control through structured daily practice. Trusted by teachers and loved by students, it’s a timeless resource that transforms technical skill into confident, expressive performance. ## Description The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises by Charles Louis Hanon is an essential method book trusted by pianists and teachers worldwide. Ideal for intermediate and advanced players , it’s used for daily piano training to build precision, endurance, and agility. This timeless resource remains a cornerstone of piano technique development for students and professionals alike. Containing 60 progressive exercises across 120 pages , this edition develops finger independence, strength, and coordination through structured technical studies. Each exercise gradually increases in difficulty, helping pianists improve touch control, evenness, and speed while maintaining musical clarity. The detailed notes and clear notation make it ideal for guided instruction or self-directed learning. Used in studios and classrooms for over a century, this book delivers long-term technical benefits that support confident performance in every style of music. Its proven method helps build confidence and technique , improves rhythm and reading skills, and motivates consistent practice. Suitable for students, teachers, and performers seeking lasting results, it’s also a thoughtful gift for dedicated pianists . What’s Inside * 60 progressive piano exercises * Technical drills for strength and accuracy * Guidance for improving dexterity and control * Structured format for disciplined daily practice * Trusted by teachers, loved by students. Perfect for lessons, practice sessions, and personal study, this enduring piano classic inspires growth and mastery for every serious musician. Review: Well Worth The Time & Effort - Regardless of the skill level you're hoping to attain, these exercises will be a great help. Although the book is titled, "The Virtuoso Pianist," you don't have to be a virtuoso to benefit from it. Some of the drills are designed to increase the strength in the 4th & 5th fingers which are naturally weaker than the 1st, 2nd & 3rd. Others are designed to stretch the fingers - which is necessary, even for playing popular tunes where the bass involves broken chords with notes that are far apart. The metronome numbers are provided from slow to fast so speed & dexterity can be built up gradually. Also included are useful suggestions - like lifting the fingers as high as possible & playing each note with distinction. I recently started playing again after 42 years. When I started, I couldn't play anything-not even two or three notes together; I had lost all the coordination & dexterity. This was the first music I purchased, having remembered it as a child "prodigy." Within a couple of weeks of completing only half of this book, I was able to resume playing my favorite Bach Preludes & Fugues & Inventions at full tempo. I stopped playing the Hanon Exercises to spend more time learning new compositions but I noted I lacked the dexterity for the more difficult pieces. After resuming the Hanon Exercises, I was able to play one of my favorite pieces at tempo: "Flight of the Bumblebee." I've learned that even if you want to play Nocturnes, Mendelsohn's "Songs Without Words" & other quieter pieces that don't require much dexterity, you need finger strength to control the dynamics & bring out the main themes of the music. In many compositions, the main theme involves the weakest fingers (3rd, 4th & 5th) & many of these exercises are designed to strengthen those fingers. Try playing the middle section of Rachmaninoff's C-Sharp Minor Prelude with a weak pinkie. Impossible...that's the finger that carries most of the melody. I couldn't bring out the melody until I practiced the Hanon Exercises for several weeks. I learned how important stretching the fingers was when I started learning Liszt's "Liebestraum" & Rachmaninoff's Prelude. Both composers had huge hands & they wrote music for THEIR hands, not normal-sized ones. Before resuming the Hanon Exercises, my hands would be too tired & painful halfway through a piece & the second half wouldn't be well played. And, I'd need to rest my hands before trying to play another piece. Not any more! These exercises reminded me of "The Karate Kid" when the kid was bored & tired because his teacher had him wax cars & paint fences ("Wax on...Wax Off...Wax On...Wax Off.") He was benefitting a great deal & not realizing it. Review: Weirdly, i love this book - I know this is a book of just repetitive highly technical exercises, but somehow I'm really enjoying it. Something about the repetition feels incredibly relaxing, and I often practice this while watching netflix. I forgot which of the pianists (Liszt?) but there was a guy who used to practice these types of technical exercises while reading a book - that's basically me, but with youtube/netflix. I'm one of those people who don't feel satisfied doing just one thing at a time - it feels wasteful, especially if it's stuff like "watching" something, or only doing something with my hand. If my hands are busy, my brain/eyes need to be busy too, and vice versa. For that reason, Hanon exercises are awesome. The patterns are (so far, only on exercise 6) relatively simple, and it's just a pattern that you play up and down the piano. Once your fingers "get" the pattern, your brain basically goes into this like, floaty place where i just feel really chillaxed. To keep my brain occupied (and stop staring at my hands/keys), i put youtube or netflix/prime video on, and watch/half watch stuff. the book itself is really nice as well for so cheap. the notes ARE small - actually they're pretty much standard, but i think what makes it feel even smaller/so much more cramped is that there are just sooooooo many notes on a single page. The printing seems fine to me though, i don't find it as if it's been photocopied way too many times. I mean seriously, for $6.xx for such a thorough book is an awesome price. And i like that it'll basically last me forever - i expect to be using this for a long long time, regardless of my piano skills. this book is helping me feel motivated to actually practice. the idea of doing the exercises (and being able to just switch off my brain for a while), is such a nice thought that i'd be super willing to get cracking on my practice. As much as I love learning new songs (videogame music!), what's more daunting is having to read music sheets and trying to learn a new piece, as that can be so frustrating. Being able to start with Hanon exercises first kinda downplay the nerves and irritation of not being able to play the actual music right (and i know for real music sheets, it is SUPPOSED to take a while to learn, which i understand, but that frustration is hard to handle. Hanon, since it's not actually hard in a musical-sheet-reading type of way, lets me feel accomplished first). ## Features - Piano - Pages: 120 - Instrumentation: Piano ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,280 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Opera & Classical Songbooks #1 in Music Exercises #9 in Piano & Keyboards | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 5,481 Reviews | ## Images ![Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises For The Piano, Vol. 925, Complete (Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71X00GWFyNL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well Worth The Time & Effort *by W***1 on February 22, 2014* Regardless of the skill level you're hoping to attain, these exercises will be a great help. Although the book is titled, "The Virtuoso Pianist," you don't have to be a virtuoso to benefit from it. Some of the drills are designed to increase the strength in the 4th & 5th fingers which are naturally weaker than the 1st, 2nd & 3rd. Others are designed to stretch the fingers - which is necessary, even for playing popular tunes where the bass involves broken chords with notes that are far apart. The metronome numbers are provided from slow to fast so speed & dexterity can be built up gradually. Also included are useful suggestions - like lifting the fingers as high as possible & playing each note with distinction. I recently started playing again after 42 years. When I started, I couldn't play anything-not even two or three notes together; I had lost all the coordination & dexterity. This was the first music I purchased, having remembered it as a child "prodigy." Within a couple of weeks of completing only half of this book, I was able to resume playing my favorite Bach Preludes & Fugues & Inventions at full tempo. I stopped playing the Hanon Exercises to spend more time learning new compositions but I noted I lacked the dexterity for the more difficult pieces. After resuming the Hanon Exercises, I was able to play one of my favorite pieces at tempo: "Flight of the Bumblebee." I've learned that even if you want to play Nocturnes, Mendelsohn's "Songs Without Words" & other quieter pieces that don't require much dexterity, you need finger strength to control the dynamics & bring out the main themes of the music. In many compositions, the main theme involves the weakest fingers (3rd, 4th & 5th) & many of these exercises are designed to strengthen those fingers. Try playing the middle section of Rachmaninoff's C-Sharp Minor Prelude with a weak pinkie. Impossible...that's the finger that carries most of the melody. I couldn't bring out the melody until I practiced the Hanon Exercises for several weeks. I learned how important stretching the fingers was when I started learning Liszt's "Liebestraum" & Rachmaninoff's Prelude. Both composers had huge hands & they wrote music for THEIR hands, not normal-sized ones. Before resuming the Hanon Exercises, my hands would be too tired & painful halfway through a piece & the second half wouldn't be well played. And, I'd need to rest my hands before trying to play another piece. Not any more! These exercises reminded me of "The Karate Kid" when the kid was bored & tired because his teacher had him wax cars & paint fences ("Wax on...Wax Off...Wax On...Wax Off.") He was benefitting a great deal & not realizing it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Weirdly, i love this book *by K***I on August 13, 2018* I know this is a book of just repetitive highly technical exercises, but somehow I'm really enjoying it. Something about the repetition feels incredibly relaxing, and I often practice this while watching netflix. I forgot which of the pianists (Liszt?) but there was a guy who used to practice these types of technical exercises while reading a book - that's basically me, but with youtube/netflix. I'm one of those people who don't feel satisfied doing just one thing at a time - it feels wasteful, especially if it's stuff like "watching" something, or only doing something with my hand. If my hands are busy, my brain/eyes need to be busy too, and vice versa. For that reason, Hanon exercises are awesome. The patterns are (so far, only on exercise 6) relatively simple, and it's just a pattern that you play up and down the piano. Once your fingers "get" the pattern, your brain basically goes into this like, floaty place where i just feel really chillaxed. To keep my brain occupied (and stop staring at my hands/keys), i put youtube or netflix/prime video on, and watch/half watch stuff. the book itself is really nice as well for so cheap. the notes ARE small - actually they're pretty much standard, but i think what makes it feel even smaller/so much more cramped is that there are just sooooooo many notes on a single page. The printing seems fine to me though, i don't find it as if it's been photocopied way too many times. I mean seriously, for $6.xx for such a thorough book is an awesome price. And i like that it'll basically last me forever - i expect to be using this for a long long time, regardless of my piano skills. this book is helping me feel motivated to actually practice. the idea of doing the exercises (and being able to just switch off my brain for a while), is such a nice thought that i'd be super willing to get cracking on my practice. As much as I love learning new songs (videogame music!), what's more daunting is having to read music sheets and trying to learn a new piece, as that can be so frustrating. Being able to start with Hanon exercises first kinda downplay the nerves and irritation of not being able to play the actual music right (and i know for real music sheets, it is SUPPOSED to take a while to learn, which i understand, but that frustration is hard to handle. Hanon, since it's not actually hard in a musical-sheet-reading type of way, lets me feel accomplished first). ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A timeless piano practice classic, still essential today *by B***Z on January 4, 2026* I was very happy to find this exercise book from my youth again. Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist remains a fundamental resource for pianists who want to build strength, control, and independence in their hands. The book offers plenty of progressive exercises that are excellent for developing finger strength, agility, and endurance. It’s ideal for daily technical practice and works just as well for beginners as for more advanced players revisiting their fundamentals. This is truly a must-have in any pianist’s library. The only minor downside is that the paper quality feels lighter than it used to be compared to older editions, but this doesn’t affect the content or usability. Overall, this book is as relevant and effective today as it ever was. ## Frequently Bought Together - Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises For The Piano, Vol. 925, Complete (Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics) - The Complete Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios & Cadences: Includes All the Major, Minor (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic) & Chromatic Scales -- Plus Additional Instructions on Music Fundamentals --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1339130-hanon-the-virtuoso-pianist-in-sixty-exercises-for-the-piano](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1339130-hanon-the-virtuoso-pianist-in-sixty-exercises-for-the-piano) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-09-20*