Warm-ups

Exercises

1. EXERCISE 1Five-finger walk, hands separate

   Warm up each finger, one hand at a time.

2. EXERCISE 2Mirror walk, hands together

   Your first hands-together pattern. Both hands use the same finger at the same time.

3. EXERCISE 3Parallel walk, hands together

   Both hands move the same way. It's harder than the mirror walk, because the fingers no longer match.

4. EXERCISE 4Skipping thirds

   Fingers skip one key. This builds control of the weaker 4th and 5th fingers.

5. EXERCISE 5C major scale, hands separate

   Learn the thumb tuck. This is how you play more than five notes without jumping.

6. EXERCISE 6Hanon No. 1, opening

   A classic finger warm-up. The same shape moves up one key each time.