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cellogram
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Posts: 9
(8/1/01 12:25:00 am)
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speedy
playing!!!!!!
Can any one offer some playing /practice techniques or advice to
help in playing faster passages? thanks
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David
Sanders 
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Posts: 643
(8/1/01 1:27:00 am)
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Re: speedy
playing!!!!!!
Practice scales, separate bows, and work them up until they are
fast. The faster the better. It does wonders for co-ordination,
which will help tremendously with fast passages in repertoire.
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rubycello
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Posts: 14
(8/1/01 4:00:35 am)
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Re: speedy
playing!!!!!!
Also use a metronome to practice with, starting at a steady pace
and gradually increasing the speed . (Sorry if you already do this!)
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CelloBass
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Posts: 32
(8/1/01 6:35:02 am)
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Re: speedy
playing!!!!!!
If you have to play a passage with the fingering for example
1-2
P 1-3 P 1-2-4, P means position change, play this fingering staying
in the same position, for example in the position the 1-2 is played.
Speed it up slowly until the notes are clearly articulated and the
fingers fall automatically like hammers. Then you add the position
changes while your fingers keep doing the 1-2-1-3-1-2-4-procedure
automatically. Reduce speed if necessary but keep the finger action
very regular. This way you avoid practising two different things at
the same time, the fingering and the position changes. And it helps
to avoid delays of the finger actions while changing positions -
which always leads to problems because those delays of the fingers
can't be synchronized with your bowing. If that happens, the bow
strokes will come while the fingers have not pressed the string
firmly yet and the whole passage will not sound clear. Playing fast
you can't bow fast while staying in one position, but bow slowly
while changing positions. The goal is to imagine that the left hand
does the fingering totally automatically, like a robot that can't be
delayed, and it is your job to do the position changes and the
strokes at the right time. You could also say that the fingering is
the master process that runs automatically, while the shifting and
bowing are slave processes that serve the master process. This
sounds totally unmusical, but it is a fact that from a definite
speed you can't control the single notes anymore. You can only
synchronize the processes that are done automatically by your brain.
A stable, continously running master process that defines the speed
is an important prerequisite for a good coordination between the 3
processes fingering, shifting and bowing. And because the fingering
is the master process, it is practised first. When you start
practising the shifts, the fingering should run that automatically
that you don't have to think about the fingers anymore. Hopefully
this was not too theoretical. 
Horst
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cellogram
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(8/2/01 12:26:52 am)
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Re: speedy
playing!!!!!!
thank you for all of your input. I know I need to practice with a
metronome and do more scale work. I guess I fall into this habit of
I only have one hour to practice and pull out my songs and new
materials. The same situation is repeated time and time again. Time
for a change, right? thanks again
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