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 Re: Ever been defeated by a piece?
Author: EEBaum 
Date:   2003-12-03 01:07

Perhaps you are over-thinking it? I've been told repeatedly by teachers to play the music, not the page. When you first sight read it, you didn't have so many expectations in your head about it.

Try the following... (not all at the same time)

-Force yourself to play it from start to finish without stopping, no matter how badly you mess up
-Swing it obnoxiously
-Play only downbeats (quarter notes throughout the piece). After doing that for a while, play the whole piece, but only think about the downbeats -- don't give a second thought to missing anything else
-Play it in the restroom with your eyes closed and listen to the reverberation
-Play it while bobbing obnoxiously side to side, from one foot to another, as if on a boat in a storm, not necessarily corresponding to the beats
-Think of every lick as being slower than it actually is
-Slur the whole thing
-Accent all the offbeats
-Play it backwards
-Play it along with a friend, where s/he plays the whole thing and you only play downbeats, then vice versa
-March around the house while playing it

By the way, which piece are we talking about? Perhaps we could help you out better (or sympathize with the feelings of defeat) if we knew.

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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