Faster pieces?

zummerzet_lou · Post by **zummerzet_lou** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:26 am

I passed my grade 7 about 4 years ago, and am only just starting to practise again after a stint away.

I have a problem reading and playing faster pieces .. and when I'm playing at the local orchestra and it gets to the faster pieces I tend to just give up!

Was doing some practise last night, and I just can't seem to be able to read and play the notes at any speed.

Is it just a case of scales, and keep playing at a speed I can play the notes? Or is there any other way to improve?

Ta,

Lou

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:09 am

When I see a big smear of black notes across the page, the very first thing that I do [while practicing], is get out my pencil.

I mark the upbeats and downbeats. I mark out groupings of either 4 or 3 notes. I then take the metronome and work it out slowly, and gradually increase the tempo.

I have found that this works wonders for me.

But, scale practice is also very important as well.