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Author: d-oboe
Date: 2004-09-21 00:10
I would also go so far as to say that practicing slow is not only "just as good" as practicing fast, but that it is many many many times better, and really your only option when it comes to practicing difficult passages. or anything for that matter...
It's really quite simple the way it works. You practice it perfectly many many times at a ridiculously slow speed. (for the most difficult passages, I've done 100 repetitions at m.m. 40) What you'll realize is that you'll play ahead of the metronome, which is what you want. The hardest part, now, is disciplining yourself to play *slow* enough to match the metronome. Play a game. See how *slow* you can actually play it without it becoming tedious. When you've finally decided that you have the passage under your fingers, start the climb to the top. No mistakes are allowed! There must be perfectly smooth transitions between notes, or the metronome speed DOESN'T INCREASE. Play the passage about 10 times at a given speed, then bump the speed up just slightly. Play 10 times again, and bump up slightly. If you feel yourself teetering on the edge of making a mistake get the metronome back down to a comfortable speed, and practice about 25-50 repetitions at your determined comfortable speed.
After you've done that, don't practice it your next day out, let it "cook" for a few days; that is, let you mind and body assimilate what they are learning.
As for your passage in your piece, you need to apply the above considerations when practicing. Take it slow, get it right, and play it well. and of course enjoy it when you've finally mastered it!
D-oboe
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