I believe the ability to play IN CONTROL at high speed is a function of how much time you have spent playing in control on the instrument.
To me, playing in control fast is simply doing exactly what you do in control playing slow, with all the proportions shortened. To play in control, one must be relaxed. Learning to relax at higher tempos is the big key. One must be able to feel all areas of the body and identify excess tension. Once noticed, one must learn to remove that tension. This process of removing excess tension takes most people a LOT of hours of practice over a period of time. One makes small gains every few weeks if they notice areas of tension and strive to remove them. A good idea is to play a tune you play well at a very comfortable tempo. This means a tempo where ALL notes and basic timing are executed well. Close your eyes and FEEL what tension your body is using. As you play, see if you can relax all areas of tension not needed to play. Now take the same tune at a much higher tempo. Once again, close your eyes and FEEL what tension your body is using. Feel the difference??? I believe no one but yourself can teach you how to play fast and relaxed. Teachers can point out obvious problems, but you have to do the work to relax the excess tension. If playing fast in control truly is a goal, you need to make what I described above a daily part of you practice routine. Eventually, one learns how to relax any unwanted tension. Best of luck!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
