Salsa Hanon: 50 Essential Exercises for Latin Piano (Musicians Institute Press) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am an experienced musician and use many books and have studied with some good classical teachers.

I wanted to learn Latin piano and purchased this book along with others. This book fails to provide any foundation or knowledge of Salsa piano. It consists of a number of technical exercises in the same vein as the Virtuoso Pianist by Claude Hanon, one of the famous methods for building technique in classical piano. Compared to Hanon's approach, which is at least vaguely musical, Deneff's exercises fall woefully short. With Hanon there is a definite purpose to each exercise, even if they are mundane and repetitious (Carl Czerny's methods are so much better). But Deneff's exercises go nowhere. I desperately searched for something I could use in the 50 exercises. But not only do they sound uninspired, but I could find no apparent connection with Salsa music. The exercises have Latin piano patterns repeated over and over again, with almost no explanation as to where to use them or what they are about.

It would have been much better if Peter Deneff had written perhaps ten good, musical, Latin pieces that tackle a specific Montuno or other idiom of Salsa.

This book is published by the Musicians Institute, and so I was very excited to order it but I am disappointed. I want my money back! I would suggest that Peter Denneff rewrites this book when he has more than a couple of years of post graduate experience.

Rather go for one of the books by Rebecca Mauleon such as 101 Montunos.This is not for beginners, but she is a world class educator and musician.Her books are an authority on the genre.

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From the Private Lessons series, this book is intended as a sequel to Hanon's 'The Virtuoso Pianist'. It is perfect for either the beginner of the professional and can even benefit pianists of other genres such as jazz or classical. 50 patterns including the styles of Latin, Cuban, Montuno, Salsoa, and Cha-Cha. Also available by Peter Deneff - 695554 - Jazz Hanon.

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