Czerny's Op. 299 is my new love in the realm of etudes and technique. I would like to record the entire opus over time if I can. They are doing absolute wonders in helping me regain my fluency and dexterity after taking a 4 year break from advanced piano studies due to an injury.
Have any favourite technical exercises or etudes? I'd love to hear about them! Let me know in a comment. :)
Before my injury I was greatly enamored of Hanon exercises, however I've found them to not work well for me now, I think because their highly repetitive nature leads me to become mentally lax and thus allowing tension to creep into my arms as I go. Czerny's exercises however are very engaging and fun and I'm able to stay mentally alert and consciously focused on my hand and arm technique/posture and relaxation. Plus, they are much more musically pleasing than Hanon.
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