Hanon · The Virtuoso Pianist · Part III
Hanon Exercise No. 58 Sustained octaves with detached notes
Exercise 58 of 60 from Hanon’s The Virtuoso Pianist, newly engraved from the 1900 Schirmer edition. Each hand holds an octave down while its inner fingers play three short repeated chords inside it. Press Play to hear it on a real piano, set the speed anywhere from Hanon’s 60 up to his 92, hear one hand at a time or switch on the metronome, and click any note to start from there.
As printed in Hanon’s book
Sustained Octaves. accompanied by detached notes.
M. M. ♩ = 60 to 92.
Strike the octaves vigorously without lifting the wrists, and hold them down while deftly executing the intermediate notes with a good finger-movement
Click any note to hear from there. Space plays and pauses.
Quick facts
- Book
- C. L. Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises, Part III
- Trains
- Each hand holds an octave down while its inner fingers play three short repeated chords inside it.
- Key
- C major
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Length
- 19 bars
- Hanon’s speed
- 60 to 92 crotchet beats a minute
- Source
- G. Schirmer edition, 1900; English text by Theodore Baker
- Copyright
- Public domain. This engraving is free to print, copy and share.
Questions and answers
How fast should Hanon No. 58 be played?
Hanon marks it 60 to 92, in crotchet beats a minute: start at 60 and raise the speed a little at a time, only once every note is even, until you reach 92. The speed slider above the music covers that range.
What is Hanon exercise No. 58 for?
Each hand holds an octave down while its inner fingers play three short repeated chords inside it. It is in Part III (virtuoso exercises).
Can I print or download Hanon No. 58?
Yes. Use Download the PDF at the top of this page for a print-ready A4 copy of this exercise; it also prints well on US Letter with fit to page. The whole book, all 60 exercises, is one PDF on the Hanon page. Both are free and out of copyright.
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