FREE Piano Exercises to Improve Your Piano Skills
Hi, piano learners. If you would like to get better at playing the piano you have to do these exercises. To be honest, they are boring. But they will really help you improve your skills and create the solid foundation for your piano playing in the near future. So that you will be able to play songs that you always wanted to play with more difficult arrangements. Just like a swimming athlete or running athlete has to do boring and tough push ups and sit ups, piano learners need to do these boring exercises also. You won't regret it !!! And we made these exercises to you all FREE! Even though it's free, you have to do the work. Don't let the exercise sheets sit under the dust. If you do that we'll make them all very expensive !!! The order of exercises here starts with the easiest ones and gets more difficult. Let's get to work!
Scales
5-finger scales
- 5-finger scales in all 12 MAJOR keys with broken & blocked 3-note tonic chords (Pentascales, Penta scales)
- 5-finger scales in all 12 MINOR keys with broken & blocked 3-note tonic chords (Pentascales, Penta scales)
1-Octave Scales
- 1 octave major scales in all 12 keys
- 1 octave harmonic minor scales in all 12 keys
- 1 octave melodic minor scales in all 12 keys
Chords
Playing 1 type chord chromatically going up & down
- Perfect 5th (blocked) Chromatic Ascending & Descending
- Major Triads (blocked) Chromatic Ascending & Descending
- Minor Triads (blocked) Chromatic Ascending & Descending
Chord progressions / Cadences
- No. 1: I - IV - I - V - V7 - I starting from the root position of tonic ( I or one) chord in 12 major keys
- No. 2: i - iv - i - V - V7 - i starting from the root position of tonic ( i or one) chord in 12 minor keys
Hanon Exercises from The Virtuoso Pianist
From Part 1:
- Hanon Exercise No. 1
- Hanon Exercise No. 2
- Hanon Exercise No. 3 (Finger numbers 2, 3, 4 strengthening)
- Hanon Exercise No. 4 (Finger numbers 3, 4, 5 strengthening)
- Hanon Exercise No. 5 (A lot of intervals of 2nds & 3rds)
- Hanon Exercise No. 6 (Pinky strengthening)
- Hanon Exercise No. 7 (Finger numbers 3, 4, 5 in closed-in position)
- Hanon Exercise No. 8 (Reaching interval 3rd with finger # 4 & 5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 9 (Intervals of 2nds & 3rds + Reaching interval 3rd with finger # 4 & 5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 10 (Building independence between finger numbers 3 & 4)
- Hanon Exercise No. 11 (Strengthening finger numbers 4 & 5 by alternating)
- Hanon Exercise No. 12 (Extention finger numbers 1 & 5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 13 (Utilizes all 5 fingers but very close together)
- Hanon Exercise No. 14 (Developing independence on finger #3 & 4)
- Hanon Exercise No. 15 (Extending fingers between numbers 1 & 2)
- Hanon Exercise No. 16 (R.H. 3-5 extension and L.H 3-4-5 strengthening)
- Hanon Exercise No. 17 (A lot of extensions & strengthening 3-4-5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 18 (All fingers close together. Thumb & pinky tacking in)
- Hanon Exercise No. 19 (Exercises all fingers within the interval of 6th)
- Hanon Exercise No. 20 (Extension of 2-4 and 4-5 & strengthening 3-4)
From Part 2
- Hanon Exercise No. 21 (Strengthening finger numbers 3, 4 & 5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 22 (Strengthening finger numbers 3 & 4)
- Hanon Exercise No. 23 (Strengthening finger numbers 3, 4 & 5 + interval of 6th)
- Hanon Exercise No. 24 (Alternating intervals 2nd and 3rd)
- Hanon Exercise No. 25 (Good for warming-up)
- Hanon Exercise No. 26 (Different patterns between ascending & descending)
- Hanon Exercise No. 27 (Preparation for trills - finger numbers 1-2 & 4-5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 28 (Alternating finger numbers 2-3, 3-4, & 4-5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 29 (Alternating the intervals of 2nd & 3rd. Preparation for future trills for all fingers: 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, & 4-5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 30 (Alternating fingers b/w 1-2 & b/w 4-5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 31 (Wrist rotation & extension b/w 1-5)
- Hanon Exercise No. 32 (Crossing thumb under the 2nd finger)
- Hanon Exercise No. 33 (Thumb under finger-3 & replacing the same note with the thumb from other fingers)
- Hanon Exercise No. 34 (Thumb under finger-4 & replacing the same note with the thumb from finger-4)
- Hanon Exercise No. 35 (Thumb under finger-5 & replacing the same note with the thumb from other fingers)
- Hanon Exercise No. 36 (Thumb under finger-2 & getting finger 1 & 4 close)
- Hanon Exercise No. 37 (Moving thumb under a held triad with finger 2, 4, & 5)
Piano Exercises by Carl Czerny
Technical Exercises
- Legato - Staccato Coordination exercise between left hand & right hand: Level 1
- Legato - Staccato Coordination exercise between left hand & right hand: Level 2
Other Exercises
- Circle of 5th (single notes) - Ascending & Descending
- Circle of 4th (single notes) - Ascending & Descending
We upload several exercises weekly. So, there are more to come to this page. We are planning to upload following exercises: arpeggios, inversions, pedal technique, cadence, longer scales, chromatic scale, and more.