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A five-finger exercise is a musical composition designed primarily to exercise all five fingers of the hand. A typical example is Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises.[1]

Chopin wrote a number of études (studies) that are widely regarded as musical compositions to train musical ability and dexterity of the fingers, with his Op.10 and Op.25. Another example of an exercise to develop musical skills may be Für Elise,[2] it has been suggested that it was written as an exercise to practice skills on the piano. It has since been rewritten for many other instruments.[3][4]

The technique has also been part of scientific study.[5] Another example being The art of piano playing: a scientific approach by George A. Kochevitsky, who explains some of the fundamentals in teaching the piano. In his chapter on Progressive ideas in nineteenth-century teaching he explains some of Chopin's idea's (see above), there is a mention of five-finger exercises.[6]

As figurative speech

By analogy, the term is also used to describe exercises solely for the development of a skill: for example, asking students to solve questions in philosophy[7] or economics.[8] It is also described as a method for becoming "Good Christians" by Walter Scott.[9] Another analogy is described on the Western Washington University website as part of The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook.[10]

References

  1. ^ Five finger exercise on the Piano-play-it website
  2. ^ Für Elise as a piano exercise
  3. ^ Examples of the score for other instruments
  4. ^ Für Elise on the guitar (as an exercise)
  5. ^ Riley, Kathleen; Coons, Edgar E.; Marcarian, David (June 2005). "The Use of Multimodal Feedback in Retraining of Complex Technical Skills of Piano Performance". Medical Problems of Performing Artists. 20 (2): 82. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.88.3005.
  6. ^ The art of piano playing: a scientific approach on the Google books website
  7. ^ e.g. John R. Searle, Intentionality, p. 33
  8. ^ e.g. Wilson, C. "Roles for an Effective Board: A Five-Finger Exercise. Part I." Hospital Trustee (January/February 1984): 16-18.
  9. ^ "My Five finger exercise on the Christian Restoration Association website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  10. ^ The Five Finger Exercise on the WWU website

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