overpracticing?

[musical_fingers]

is it just me, but do you tend to over practice and "kill" a piece? how can over practising be overcome?  

plus what pieces can be commonly overpracticed, and what should i be aware of?

[dinosaurtales]

I start seeing signs of "overpracticing" when I am finalizing a piece.  By then I've played the thing so many times it almost doesn't have meaning any more.  One thing that seems to help is to play it super slow, and use the music, pretending I don't know the piece. That helps reinforce visual memory and sort of "resets" it in my mind a bit.  It's really easy to sort of space out and play, which I am sure is a bad idea.  

[chopiabin]

It often helps to "let a piece breathe" for a few days. If you know it, just don't play it for a day or two, and when you do play it, it will be with renewed passion.

[chopiabin]

Sometimes you have to let a piece breathe for a few days. Just don't play it for a few days, and when you do, it will be with renewed passion.  

[Clare]

Yes, sometimes it can be good to come back to a piece after a while.

And I agree about the slow practice. I totally destroyed a Bach sinfonia by practicing it for hours and hours and hours at a stupidly fast speed, and it got worse and worse and I panicked more and more and practiced even more. Slow practice is the way to go. I've learnt my lesson now. It really does help with memory also, and the corners you may have cut in terms of technique or fiddly bits all come back and playing it at the final speed again can suddenly be magic.

[dinosaurtales]

Sometimes you have to let a piece breathe for a few days. Just don't play it for a few days, and when you do, it will be with renewed passion.  

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[mound]

how can over practising be overcome?

Everybody has assumed you are referring to a piece that is already learned. I assume as much as well. However, if you're talking about a piece that you are still learning, take a look around these forums for practice techniques and practice planning techniques Bernhard has outlined.

-Paul

[chopiabin]

Oops  

[super_ardua]

If you overpractice give it a week to cool down.  Don't touch it. You'll find you have improved.

[super_ardua]

I have a feeling that it may have to do with the way information is processed during idle time but that cannot be proven