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Post by princessmoose on Jun 23, 2006 22:01:24 GMT
This applies more to piano.
With pieces like 2nd movement of the Moonlight and Maple Leaf Rag (LH jumps) I find that I can spend ages practising the hard parts etc and feel like I am getting somewhere and then when I come back to it the next day, it's like I've never seen the music before. This happens all the time so it's not just a matter of time. Any ideas on how to stop this?
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Post by anacrusis on Jun 23, 2006 23:23:51 GMT
Yup, been there, done that, got the T shirt...
The one thing which helped me was going back to the music at half speed or less, rather than doing my usual, which was to busk through a tempo expecting it to have been sorted. Having said that, I'm not very good at doing that - tend to want to rush ahead and see how good it must be now I've practised it!
I've heard Trevor Pinnock rehearsing on more than one occasion before now, and he always uses that approach - and when he's recording, if there should happen to be a glitch, he will do the same before the next take.
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Post by princessmoose on Jun 24, 2006 11:57:41 GMT
Thanks.
I think it's largely down to memory, because I find it hard to read the music at the same time as watching where my hands are going in the leaps, so I need to remember it without looking at the music, and I find that impossible.
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Post by petite joueuse on Jun 24, 2006 13:31:23 GMT
I've not tried this myself, but apparently one way of getting yourself to learn and/or remember a piece in a different way is to (A) copy it out, note by note onto manuscript (B) write it out, note by note from memory.
Apparently the A method actually makes you notice things you didn't really take on board when just playing it through, and the B method (when you are ready) really checks your memory of fine details.
But, as I say, I've not tried it yet.....its my summer music project! (South of France, bottle of red, sheaf of manuscript..............)
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