accuracy without looking

[greyrune]

What are some tips for accuracy while you can't look at one hand that is jumping around a lot.  I'm playing the Montagues and the Capulets by Prokofiev and it's the first peice i've ever played where both hands have to jump around at the same time, out of coordination.  I can play these sections looking at one hand the other blind and get them right like 1 or 2 times out of 3 but how do you get real accuracy.  Any suggestions besides practice which is obvious i know, but is there any way to practice more effeciently?

[Siberian Husky]

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[6ft 4]

i'm having a similar problem with the Rachmaninov G minor prelude, when played at the correct tempo it is very difficult not to miss some keys.

I suspect its just practice practice practise.

[Glyptodont]

With Myra Hess transcription of Bach's "Jesu" I find my hands jumping around a lot, and there's no time to stare at the fingers.

Sometimes you can brush a key with a thumb or little finger just to align yourself.  Like F sharp is good for the right hand if you are going to jump upward.  This is like a blind person's sense of touch.

Some days I'm just "on target" and can play like crazy by guess-timating.  BUT . . . Some days I am off and start missing jumps.

That's why I'm glad I'm not a professional.  They have to go out there and play whether they are having a good day or not.

[whynot]

Playing stride left hand without looking is a great way to firm up your sense of where things are (I hope Ted will be pleased with me).  That's how I got comfortable with this.  Another thing I did at the time was to play everything without looking, not just my target piece.  This can give a big boost to sightreading, because looking up and down a lot is an obstacle to reading.   If the eyes are free to keep looking ahead, there's more time to take in information.  Now I look or don't, as I wish, because that short time of concentrated effort really worked for me.  Anyway, good luck. 

[nanabush]

If you want to learn good hand coordination in a situation where you CAN NOT focus on one hand is Leyenda by Albeniz.  TRY IT NOW, the jumps are incredibly big, both hands in opposite directions, from a single note to a full chord.  It's good practice, and while ur at it u'll have learned an awesome piece!