Slipping/Bashing/Catching Wrong notes

[justliam]

Does anyone here ever have trouble in hitting wrongs notes or hitting two notes a time whilst playing fast sections.  In particular does that get a lot worse if you have to practise on a keyboard for whatever reason? I find with mine to keys are to small and bunched up, and slippery lol.  Anyone else have that problem and find it fraustrating, or is it just bad technique rather than having to use a keyboard?

[pianowelsh]

If you practice on a keyboard particularly one which is not touch sensative then you will find it harder to be accurate - they are less forgiving - as are harpsichords.  I wouldnt say its bad to practice on them sometimes as it does make you aware of where you need to neaten up the odd passage of finger work.

[steve jones]

When ever I get this it is as a result of tension from trying to play to fast, to soon. I had it alot of Bach Invention 1, until I took my foot off the gas. At the end of the day, this is a false economy, as rushing only instills bad habits. Now I like to play totally relaxed and controlled, even at the expense of pace.

This may not be the same as your problem though, just my own experience.

Tell what I did once when I was rushing - ALMOST ripped my nail of catching it in the smal gap between the bottom edge of a black key. God knows how I ended up in that position, but as I say, rushing only makes me lose control!

[debussy symbolism]

Greetings.

Note innacuracies usually mean that either the passage isn't adequately learned or that your fingers or wrists are making the wrong motion. I sometimes get a sloppy note on Chopin's etude 10-1 which I am currently learning when I start to speed up too much. I start to not include the wrist movement and a sloppy note usually comes in, usually at the top of the arpeggios. However when I play in an adequate tempo and in totaly control of the wrist and finger movement, I don't make mistakes. Note learning is also very important to ensure no sloppiness. It there is any sloppiness, then slow down the tempo, and pay more attention to the practice on that particular passage. I hope this helps.

[pianowelsh]

Pianists are notorious and wanting to run before we can walk - we rarely invest enough time in slow practice perfecting the movements.  And we often rush the tempo increases.  We more than most instrumentalists should be clower because we have so much to coordinate.