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Re: Accidental grace notes when playing

Author: Liquorice
Date: 2021-05-22 10:02

I call these "in-between notes" and here's how I approach getting rid of them:

1. Identify what is happening. For F# to Eb you need fingers 1, 3 and 4 to land in their respective places at the same time. If you observe carefully, you should be able to discover which fingers are landing before others.

2. Practice the opposite mistake. Let's say in the F# to Eb example that you notice that fingers 1 and 3 land before finger 4 (producing the in-between note D). Now practice deliberately putting down finger 4 before fingers 1 and 3. This produces a slightly sharp F# before the Eb comes.

3. Alternate between the opposite mistake and the original mistake. In other words you play 4 ... 3+1, and then 3+1 ... 4. Then try to make the gaps between then shorter and shorter, something like this:

4 ... 3+1, 3+1 ... 4
4 .. 3+1, 3+1 .. 4
4 . 3+1, 3+1 . 4

Until eventually you play 1+3+4 simultaneously. I find that if I can deliberately control the mistake and it's opposite, then I can also consistently play without the in-between notes. You obviously have to adapt this exercise to whatever you discover is happening with your own fingers in step 1 above.

Hope it helps!

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