slow practice with bigger movements?

[nodb]

When i practice in a slower tempo, my movements are bigger.
Isn't that bad for the motor memory in the real tempo?
Who can help me? Thanks a lot.

[go12_3]

Humm, what are you moving?  Your arms, your body, your head?  I mean
playing fast or slow shouldn't have too much movement afterall, only the fingers
moving , in my opinion.

[birba]

I think it was Cherkassy who said once, you have to "choreograph" your movements.  He meant, when you practise slow, exaggerate the movements of the wrist and arms and body, in general.  On the contrary, this isn't bad for the motor memory.  It imprints the movements into your body.

[nodb]

Thanks, ... i was not 100% sure about this, because big armmotions in a slow tempo are not possible in a fast tempo. They will be there in a reduced form (??)

[birba]

There you have it!

[sorcerer88]

aren't there different approaches to this? i think i don't put much emphasis on how i move and remembering that, but the movement itself and what i play, makes it easy for me to learn.

[slow_concert_pianist]

When i practice in a slower tempo, my movements are bigger.
Isn't that bad for the motor memory in the real tempo?
Who can help me? Thanks a lot.

I have recently been pulled up on this by my current professor. Exagerated movements don't help you play better, they simply impede simplicity. The art of performance to present breathtaking technique "effortlessly". Therefore simplicity is the key to the absolute.