Don't play the piece through from beginning to end over and over again. Work on a small section at a time. Choose a few bars and polish them until they shine. |
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There are lots of things to check when you are practising - right notes, fingerings, counting, dynamics, articulation marks, pedal, accidentals, keysignatures, changing clefs and chords. You can't check all these if you are playing like an express train! What happens is that you won't notice the mistakes. So practise slowly. Practise at the speed of no mistakes! Once you are confident you can speed the whole piece up. |
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Practice hands separately so that it is easier to spot the mistakes. When you know each hand inside out then you can put them together. When you are playing the piece really well try practising separate hands again every so often just to check everything is still correct. |
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