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Ramon Amira
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RE: Effective way to practice for show (in reply to Florian)
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I feel this is not the best way to practice - bringing something gradually up to tempo in a very short time (two hours is a very short time as opposed to say two weeks). If you practiced the same falseta at a very slow tempo for ten minutes a day, six days a week for two weeks, you would then be able to play it at the same tempo you have worked up to, and you would better retain everything – fingering, accuracy, and most importantly, complete relaxation. If you have a sore and painful thumb and shoulder, much of it is from tension trying to work up to tempo, and too much continuous repetition. When you practice very slowly, you are totally relaxed and you will never get a sore shoulder, etc. Ramon
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Date Jun. 22 2011 3:53:22
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Ricardo
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RE: Effective way to practice for show (in reply to Florian)
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Practice makes permanent. So most of your practice needs to be at the proper tempo, especially if you are talking about doing a performance. It is good to examine details at a slow tempo, but expression is different at different tempos, and lets be honest, expression is what music is supposed to be about. Detail and perfection can be achieved without slowing the tempo down, but doing repetation with looped groove. Same as the video I demoed "learning tomatito", you can do to examine the details of already understood music to practice. Grisha also demoed once a similar idea of playing long scale passages by adding one note at a time at tempo. A similar idea, although can be applied not to just speedy passages, but any musical phrases. Especially if you will play a memorized dance show, tempo and being aware of proper tempo is so important. Accidentally starting a number at the wrong speed can really screw up the entire night and flow of the show, so it is worth it really be aware of small differences a few metronome ticks can make....so in the end the "proper" tempo, whatever it may be, is a natural feeling that you have solidified through your practice sessions. Ricardo
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Date Jun. 22 2011 16:00:27
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felipe
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From: Poland
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RE: Effective way to practice for show (in reply to Florian)
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I'm also with ricardo. Slow practice is good in general, but for the show it's better to have things done right at the tempo one will perform. Isolate fragments that make problems (the smaller the better), find out what tempo you should play them, and what tempo you can play them clearly now, loop them and repeat at your "now" speed, then increase speed a bit, and then a bit, up to desired tempo. When you find out that something breaks apart, slow down, repeat and once again speed up. To aloysius : I know the dance floor thing personally (you can add to it amplifiers, phone calls, car driving, advertising the show). When you are on stage you feel completly tired.
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Date Jun. 22 2011 19:15:54
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