grateful older beginner

[betricia]

I have finally tried the advice I was given here in this forum.  One can read and read the good ideas and putting them into practise is common sense, so why have I not been doing it?  Bernhard said this was not uncommon and once I read that I woke up.  I have now copied and cut up my latest piece and concentrate on just a small section at a time and it is working.  I am learning more quickly.  It is obvious I know but I have not been doing it because I thought I was doing it.  I would look at the bar I was practising and play it through a couple of times and then I would go on and try the next and the next and then go back to the bar I was supposed to be practising.  This took me much longer than if I had just stuck to the bar I was supposed to be learning.  So I tried the advice and cut up the copied score and hey presto!!!
I am on a forum with talented and experienced pianists and am sorry to come to it with my modest comments but for any other new learner it is really worth trying this.
I owe a lot to this forum and the helpful people who reply to people's questions.  I have learned a lot.
Thanks
Patricia
 

[gorbee natcase]

Yes I sometimes try to get ahead of my self, must maintain patience, break things down to bite size and anything is possible
You can look at a page of music and it be intimmidating
break it in to bars phrases it suddenly is much more palletable

[alzado]

For me, too, really learning a piece almost requires that I semi - memorize it.

Until I play it that much, as to actually somewhat memorize it, I just can't get it up to tempo.

Sometimes, like with runs, I will just memorize very difficult passages.  The easier passages don't require that much dedication.