Ricardo -> RE: Effective way to practice for show (Jun. 22 2011 16:00:27)
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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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