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110 Easy And Progressive Exercises, Op. 453 (Piano Technique). By Carl Czerny (1791-1857). Edited by Giuseppe Buonamici. For Piano. Piano Method. Studies. SMP Level 2 (Late Elementary). Instructional book. Opus 453. 92 pages. G. Schirmer #LB749. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50256150).

ISBN 145842670X. Studies. 9x12 inches.

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5-finger patterns still used but position changes are more frequent including one octave scale passages. Some 3 note chords.

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5 star rating

Location: from Nanning, China

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

March 29, 2013

Czerny Op.453 . . .

5 Stars & 2 Thumbs Up!!! This book is so very much like Czerny's Opus 823 & 599, also like his 849, but 'beware', it starts out very easy then after study #10 it starts to advance in giant steps (Czerny made mistake in this manner), the pieces sound very...

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5 star rating

Location: from Pennsylvania

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

February 11, 2012

Not so easy

This book is easy for about 5 exercises, tolerable for the next 10, and difficult to extremely difficult for the remainder. I have been playing for 4 years and this is beyond my wildest dreams. It is probably good to master these but the word EASY should not be in...

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4 star rating

Location: from Madison, NJ

Difficulty Level:
Not sure

December 4, 2008

Teaching Materials

It is helpful to have the whole opus in front of you. You can do your own choosing and vary the assignments.

46 of 76 people found this review helpful.

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4 star rating

Location: from Woburn ma

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

September 9, 2008

Great learning

Great variety of exercises. Uses different scales Exercises are medlodic and you can enjoy listening as well as improving your piano Playing and sight reading abilities.

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4 star rating

Location: from Huntington Beach, CA

Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate

November 1, 2007

CZERNY....Exercises for the piano

For me, a 62-yr.old beginner/intermediate player, I would rather play by ear than read music, so this is a challenge to say the least. I am trying to teach myself to another level, so a hoping these exercises will train my aging brain to pay attention to fingering. ( something...

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