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Sheet music for Hanon the Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, Complete. This volume contains all three parts; exercises 1-60. -- The study of the piano is now so common, and skilled pianists are so numerous, that mediocrity on this instrument is no longer tolerated. Consequently, one must study the piano eight or ten years before attempting to perform a piece of any difficulty, even to an audience of amateurs. Very few people today are able to spend so many years studying the piano! Very often, because students lack the sufficient time to practice, the playing is uneven and filled with mistakes. The left hand fails in passages of mild difficulty; the fourth and fifth fingers are almost useless having never been specifically exercised, consequently these fingers are always weaker than the rest. When passages in octaves, in tremolo, or in trills occur, they are usually only able to be played through great effort and tension, so that the performance is riddled with mistakes, and completely expressionless. For years we have worked to overcome this dilemma, making it our goal to craft a single book of specialized exercises which make it possible to achieve similar results to what used to take years of study, in a fraction of the time. To make this possible, all five fingers of both hands must be trained to an equal and high level, leaving not even the 4th and 5th fingers behind in development. Then, they will be capable of performing anything composed for the piano. This book, "The Virtuoso Pianist, in 60 Exercises," contains our solution to this problem. In this book you will find the exercises needed to gain agility, independence, strength and absolute evenness in all of your fingers, as well as elasticity in your wrists. All of which are crucial qualities for every pianist. Further, these studies are crafted to build the skill and strength of the left hand to be equal to that of the right. Except for a few common exercises, found in several different methods