How to start/analyze a new piece?

[eternal_interval]

Starting a piece is critical to how well and how motivated one will be while attempting to finish a new piece of music.

I would like to get a few suggestions from the Piano Street world on how one should start, analyze, and finish a new piece of music.  Also, are there any secret tips or techniques that can help one finish a new piece faster??

 All, suggestions will be of great help.  Thanks 

[Bob]

Secret tips?  Yes, of course.  I can't tell you them though.  They're secret.  You have to ask the right people the right way.  Know the special code to get those secret tips.

I'd start with a broad overview.  Form/sections, key, texture- how many lines going on at once?  Tempo, character of the piece.  Then work in on more detail from there.