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| Jun 5, 2024 at 16:07 | history | edited | Todd Wilcox | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 5, 2024 at 12:14 | comment | added | Andy Bonner | @fdomn-m The other benefit of this method is: If I play a run of quavers, at 60 to the crotchet, then I have 0.5 seconds in between each note to prepare my fingers and my mind. If I do the passage at 30, I have 1 full second in between, and at 120 I have 0.25. But if I do dotted-quaver/semi-quaver, then I have 1 second in between half of the notes, and 0.25 in between the other half. Half of the notes get the benefit of the 120 bpm practice, but I still have the 30-bpm time to think. Swap the pattern to start on a semiquaver and the other half of the notes get their turn. | |
| Jun 5, 2024 at 9:58 | comment | added | fdomn-m | "accents in various places" similar is to change the pattern. eg instead of 2x quavers, change to dotted-quaver/semi-quaver for the whole passage, then repeated but semi-quaver/dotted-quaver. Works surprisingly well at making the passage even. This also has the benefit of concentrating on the pattern and the notes becomes more automatic (especially if you already know it fairly well). | |
| Jun 5, 2024 at 1:57 | history | answered | Todd Wilcox | CC BY-SA 4.0 |