Because Hanon's studies are so important, editors Allan Small and Morton Manus have compiled this crucial edition with early intermediate-level students in mind: the exercises are cut in half, hands are placed two octaves apart and eighth notes are substituted for the original sixteenths. Junior Hanon includes the complete Book 1 and excerpts from Books 2 and 3 of C. L. Hanon's famous studies, The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, arranged in a simplified and condensed format. Alfred's Junior Hanon now makes Hanon's work accessible to most students.