Once you get started playing the piano, unless you already have a set system working at your speed an dexterity, you may come to wonder if there is something you can do to improve your piano playing.

Not just your knowledge of chords, how to form them, and sheets music, but also how fast your fingers are on the piano how well the music is coming forth from your own hands and so forth.

Yes there is. You can exercise your fingers.

Not a new idea in the world of piano playing exercises for your fingers dates well back into the 1800’s when classical composers such as Hanon and Czerny put together several series of exercises designed to improve the strength, movement, agility of each of the individual fingers and as groupings also.

In addition to having hand posture and correct fingering developing your finger’s agility and strength and flexibility can have a dramatic impression on your piano playing.

As the owner of small woman’s hands I often stared in envy at the octave and above reach of male pianists. I really felt I could never do that and if so it would not be comfortable.

Many years later, and having spent some focused time on strengthening my fingers reaching an octave is no longer a problem. And it happened very quickly.

To start receiving the benefits of regular finger strength exercises add a few minutes of this to your piano practice each day. You can find finger exercises for the pianist’s hands in the resources below.

Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist, Complete Edition By Charles-Louis Hanon. Edited by Robert Heath. For Piano. FJH Classic Editions. Traditional Studies. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc. (H1006) See more info…

Practical Finger Exercises, Op. 802 (Complete) Piano Technique. By Carl Czerny. For piano solo. This edition: LB192. Piano Method. 68 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc. (50253360) See more info…