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Would anyone recommend any good warm-up exercises for my fingers before playing properly?
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Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure, but not anymore!
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All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
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BACH: Invention No. 13 in a min.
GRIEG: Notturno Op. 54 No. 4
VILLA-LOBOS: O Polichinelo
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BACH: Keyboard Concerto in f minor
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I make a distinction between warm-up and work-. Warm-up: a run around the block, a few stretches, and anything that's very easy and relaxing to play. Work: the other stuff. 
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...and the Dmajor prelude from Bk. I (which is part of my warm up every day).
"And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach — a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy
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Play a comfortable, but big chord that uses all 5 fingers. Lift up one finger at a time while keeping the others pressed down. Lift it up curved, then stretch it out forward, then play the note and relax your hand and wrist and you press down the note. Do each finger several times. It's good for warm up and stretching and finger dexterity. Just be sure to relax in between each rep, and don't do anything that hurts.
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Play a comfortable, but big chord that uses all 5 fingers. Lift up one finger at a time while keeping the others pressed down. Lift it up curved, then stretch it out forward, then play the note and relax your hand and wrist and you press down the note. Do each finger several times. It's good for warm up and stretching and finger dexterity. Just be sure to relax in between each rep, and don't do anything that hurts. This sounds familiar... 
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Play a comfortable, but big chord that uses all 5 fingers. Lift up one finger at a time while keeping the others pressed down. Lift it up curved, then stretch it out forward, then play the note and relax your hand and wrist and you press down the note. Do each finger several times. It's good for warm up and stretching and finger dexterity. Just be sure to relax in between each rep, and don't do anything that hurts. This sounds familiar... I wonder why But I'm glad I explained it at least recognizably. And btw I still do the exercise each practice time to this day.
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I lightly squeeze my fingers together and relax them repeatedly while walking downstairs, made coffee, squeeze and relax whie walking to the piano, play some Hanon exercises slowly until the coffee is ready. Enjoy my coffee while letting the fingers relax. Then walk back and play a couple more Hanon in my "normal" speed, and that's it.
Sometimes I play the whole Hanon Part I, other times I play half of Part II.
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Experiment with chords/arpeggios/scales.
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I do scales, then some (easy) arpeggios with each hand.
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Scales, arpeggios, chord progressions, maybe a Brahms exercise or two, maybe some Bach, or something from one of the pieces I'm currently working on.
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I would do some random sightreading
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides! - Schnabel
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Scales, arpeggios, chord progressions, maybe a Brahms exercise or two, maybe some Bach, or something from one of the pieces I'm currently working on. OT: Can you point me at some chord progressions? Thanks.
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Currently working on: Perfecting the Op 2/1, studying the 27/2 last movement. Chopin Nocturne 32/2 and Posth. C#m, 'Raindrop' prelude and Etude 10/9
Repetoire: Beethoven op 2/1, 10/1(1st, 2nd), 13, 14/1, 27/1(1st, 2nd), 27/2, 28(1st, 2nd), 31/2(1st, 3rd), 49/1, 49/2, 78(1st), 79, 90, 101(1st)
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Scales, chords and arpeggios are our musical lab. The notes are continuous in a direction and repetative so you can focus on the technique or rhythm(sp?) warm up at hand with out having to worry about too much else.
you can also do Czerny or Hannon, but I would not leave out your scales. Maybe focus on a different scale each day or week.
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Yes - - - - scales, scales and then more scales. Follow that with scales in double thirds, and end your warm up with arpeggios, arpeggios and more arpeggios. I still do that almost every day when I can and have done it now for over 63 years.
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