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Re: Show HN: Hanon Pro – piano technique and exercises for the digital age

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Post by albertru90 »

FLT8 wrote: post #27

I tried it, I guess I'm your target market, I'm relatively new to keyboard, trying to learn, and do happen to have a Bluetooth MIDI adapter. A few notes and observations from a quick trial run below: - the app crashed out a few times when connecting to my MIDI controller (a Yamaha MD-BT01 dongle that plugs into the old school MIDI plugs on the keyboard). Not sure what's going on there, but it happened a few times. -…

Thank you for the feedback. The crashes should be fixed in the 1.0.2 update rolling out today. If you have any additional feedback as you use the app more, please email us.

Re: Show HN: Hanon Pro – piano technique and exercises for the digital age

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Post by brcmthrowaway »

rjzzleep wrote: post #15

On this note, does anyone know some books in references to applied music theory? I'm a pretty advanced piano player, but a lot of more basic piano players can make up chords to play with with simple tunes that sound pretty good, most of those people seem to know a certain of rules that I don't know. And googling books about piano music on google books or the likes has not yielded any useful results.

What are some good books for composing music using DAWs?

Re: Show HN: Hanon Pro – piano technique and exercises for the digital age

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Post by albertru90 »

nxobject wrote: post #42

As an aside, thanks for making the app available for desktop Mac, even if it of course isn't explicitly designed for it. I think most people overestimate how many people have iPads around; I was never quite able to justify purchasing one given the price-how much I'll use it ratio.

We would love to do a more native Mac app if this takes off. Glad you're interested in it.

Re: Show HN: Hanon Pro – piano technique and exercises for the digital age

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Post by [deleted] »

larrysalibra wrote: post #26
rreyes1979 wrote: post #6

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Came to ask exactly the same thing. Want to buy one for my kids to practice but I don't have an idea which would be the best given our budget and preferences so a matrix of compatible devices would be great.

Just did research into this question...I'm someone that played piano as a child and wanted to get back into it. I wanted to get something that would integrate with apps, good action and sound without making a massive investment in case I don't stick with it. I also wanted something that was small and easy to move. My digital piano just arrived a few hours ago. I decided on the Roland FP-30X after trying several model…

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Re: Show HN: Hanon Pro – piano technique and exercises for the digital age

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Post by oriolid »

localfirst wrote: post #76
kashunstva wrote: post #36

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Professional pianist here. They are boring but that’s hardly the biggest issue with Hanon, unfortunately. The biggest problem is the instructions that the composer leaves for the student, which includes the insistence that the student lift the finger high off the keyboard with each note. I can think of practically nothing more injurious to good technique and nothing more likely to induce tension than this. Hanon coul…

The purpose of Hanon is to build muscles into typically weaker fingers like the fourth and fifth. The exaggerated movements are specifically designed to build memory muscle and power. Hanon is battle tested and all the great virtuoso have gone through it whether they like it or not. The problem with modern apps and paid learning online is the idea that the boring and hard parts can be skipped with some clever marketi…

> and all the great virtuoso have gone through it whether they like it or not.

It would be interesting to see some citations about this.

> If this was true then we would be churning out new pianists at faster rate but its falling but the age is dropping

I suspect that these days people are smart enough to ask why should new pianists be churned out and is there something more valuable these people could do with their time.

Re: Show HN: Hanon Pro – piano technique and exercises for the digital age

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Post by tzs »

brcmthrowaway wrote: post #82

I remember there was a strange PDF of learning piano floating around back in the day by a simple father. Was written in MS word .. did anyone ever try it?

Are you thinking of "Fundamentals of Piano Practice" by Chang [1]?

[1] http://www.pianopractice.org/

Re: Show HN: Hanon Pro – piano technique and exercises for the digital age

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Post by fma »

ghostpepper wrote: post #67
mrbombastic wrote: post #57

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Question from an adult because it seems like you have experience with some of these tools, I’ve been using SimplyPiano for a few months, which listens to notes you play and gives you feedback, and while it is satisfying to hear the music I can’t shake that I am not really learning just copying. For instance I can play some of the advanced songs in the app but I open a piece of sheet music and I am lost. Is there simi…

I am an adult who takes beginner lessons from a teacher and he says with new students he often has to undo the “learning” from (sometimes years of) those apps - and it can often be devastating to the ego, especially for kids.

Im trying to get my daughter (age 8) into piano and I see the same thing echo on Reddit while doing my research.

It's no different than picking up a ball and playing basketball on your own or tennis...or a simple coding book and making a CRUD app without all the best practices or Code Complete and your fancy frameworks.

I got the exact piano op mentioned on prime day for $150?. I have Simply Piano. My daughter will ask to play the "piano game".

Last summer I signed up my daughter for Ukulele class with a teacher. She barely touched outside what was required assignments.

Yes in the perfect world I have a real piano, with a real teacher who is great with kids who makes it so fun my daughter wants to practice everyday.

But I only have one shot to get her hooked and build momentum. IMHO passion comes first, then technique. Passion comes from having fun.

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