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Offline Skeptopotamus

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repetition
on: July 17, 2005, 06:34:44 AM
There is a particular piece I play (Rzewski North American Ballad No. 4) that has a left-handed passage that is very long and is just repeated over and over and over and my hands seem to want to speed it up as I go along.  Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent this?

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Re: repetition
Reply #1 on: July 17, 2005, 04:25:18 PM
Repetition can cause boardom and you might subconsiously be wanting to just get to the end of the setion as fast as possible (just a thought)
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Re: repetition
Reply #2 on: July 17, 2005, 08:45:50 PM
also sometimes when I'm noticing I'm speeding up I'll overcompensate and suddenly drop in tempo ><  It's really annoying.

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Re: repetition
Reply #3 on: July 17, 2005, 09:14:56 PM
Meh... if some asks say it's rubato
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