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Gain speed and accuracy by grouping notes (video)
What do you do when fast isn't fast enough? Inspired by my friend Noa Kageyama at the Bulletproof Musician, I made a video about how to get those fingers moving at warp speed... but accurately!
It isn't slow practice exactly... but it isn't fast either. Just watch and see. This hybrid approach, through the grouping of notes, will get your fingers moving as a team.
In my video, I demonstrate two passages from the Tchaikovsky concerto:
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Great teaching! Thank you!!
No wonder!!!
Nice lesson,I give it a go.
What sort of grip pad are you using on your shoulder?
Beautifully organized and verbalized. Bravo!
Hi Nate, This is excellent advise. I definitely have that issue with speed and accuracy. I will benefit with this advise and will help with teaching my students. Thanks so much.
excellent advice
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July 2, 2016 at 08:15 PM · Nate: I love your systematic, logical, reassuring approach. As I look back at my thinking as a teenager, I wish I had your voice in my head guiding smart practice rather than time wasting. I have learned all the lessons you have taught, just sadly much later than I would have liked. Great work!!!!! Thank you. Love your clarity of sound as well. John Soloninka, Barbados.