how to play something faster..

[Irock1ce]

What are you guys methods of playing a song that you learned faster and faster?.... like im working on the Waldstein.. and ive just realized how freakin hard its going to be when played fast.... do u guys have any specific ways u guys practice so you can get it faster?...

[ThEmUsIcMaNBJ]

These are some of the things I do.  The most important one would be...  Keep it slow and speed it up slowly as well. With a metronome say put it at 60 and then the next day put it at 65 then eventually it will get there.  Also something I do with trouble spots that is just MAGIC is this...  Play like a run with ryhthm like this - Long, short, long, short etc etc...  then switch it around and do - short, long, short, long etc...  Accent the longs a little more than the shorts.  Exagerate the short btw, play it really short compared to the long.  This way your playing one note the right speed or at least a lot faster than the other note.  And then you switch it around so it make it much more cleaner when you play the right rythm.  For me that is seriously magic, it works so well and I use it VERY often.  Also try playing the passage staccato and then marcato they seem to help as well.

Anyways thats just my two cents!