Daniel Canarutto <[email protected]> wrote: I'm trying to study this piece with a metronome, starting from a slower tempo and increasing it, or playing a few measures at a time, but it seems I'm still far from the goal. I'd say it's not a strictly technical issue, since if I play the beats, instead than afterbeats, everything goes smoothly. So it should be a mainly mental problem. I'm wondering which exercises or tricks could help.
You must not practice a passage like this faster than you can play it correctly and _comfortably_. Playing it faster will only repeatedly practice how to get it wrong, with all the accompanying tensions and compromised technique. Just like practicing anything else, if you practice not being able to play the passage long enough, you will get very good at not being able to play the passage. If you consistently play as slow as necessary such that you have no difficulty, the speed at which you can accomplish this will gradually increase. But you must resolve not to exceed your comfort range during this process. It may take a while, of course, but not as long as you think. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
