Free Piano PDFs from Lars

These are practice PDFs from Lars's teaching — short, specific, and free. Each one is built around a single technique, a single composer, or a single piece, and gets sent to your inbox when you ask for it. They're free because the teaching they come from is what Lars sells; these are the exercises he hands students before they even start.

From the teaching practice of Lars Nelissen, Piano Fantasy.

Technique Exercises

Exercises for Technique

Umbrella Technique Exercises – PDF Download

Umbrella Technique Exercises – PDF Download

Train fast fingers in a slow tempo.

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Triad Arpeggios — Free Piano Exercises

Triad Arpeggios — Free Piano Exercises

Fast, smooth arpeggios with the pressure-release technique.

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Piano Scales — Free Beginner Exercises

Piano Scales — Free Beginner Exercises

Play scales clearly and evenly by raising the fingers.

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4th & 5th Fingers — Free Piano Exercises

4th & 5th Fingers — Free Piano Exercises

Strengthen the weakest fingers with curated exercises.

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Czerny Scale Études — Free PDF Index

Czerny Scale Études — Free PDF Index

A curated index of Czerny scale études across nine opuses.

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Repertoire

Repertoire Guides

Bach First Invention — Annotated Score with Fingerings

Bach First Invention — Annotated Score with Fingerings

Lars's fingerings and ornament guidance for BWV 772.

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Für Elise — Annotated Score with Fingerings and Arm Movements

Für Elise — Annotated Score with Fingerings and Arm Movements

Lars's fingerings and arm movements for Für Elise.

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Chopin Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 — Score with Lars's Fingerings

Chopin Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 — Score with Lars's Fingerings

Score with Lars's fingerings for the C-minor Prelude.

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Satie Gymnopédie No. 1 — Score with Lars's Fingerings

Satie Gymnopédie No. 1 — Score with Lars's Fingerings

Score with Lars's fingerings — for working on the sound.

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Kabalevsky — 3 Pieces from Op. 27 with Lars's Annotations

Kabalevsky — 3 Pieces from Op. 27 with Lars's Annotations

Three Kabalevsky study pieces, annotated by Lars.

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Comptine d'un autre été (Amélie) — Score with Lars's Fingerings

Comptine d'un autre été (Amélie) — Score with Lars's Fingerings

Corrected fingerings for the Amélie theme.

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