What the heck happened?!

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Okay so this is how it is...

I haven't done ANY audition repertoire for like the past week in a half.  I've been just screwing around and enjoying a romp through the repertoire.

So anyways, I revisited my audition stuff again just to keep it in circulation, and EVERYTHING IS FREAKING BETTER!  What the heck?!  Have I awakened the Scriabin or the Rachmaninoff in me or something?  Or is it because I took a break?  Because I've heard that sometimes taking breaks are good for you.  I never believed that.  I thought it was all rubbish. 

But anyways...  What the heck is going on here?

[ajspiano]

Thats normal..  your brain makes connections post practice and the process continues for days/weeks..

This highlights why it matters to work on multiple pieces and not over practice..  its more efficient to ramp up this kind of thing with targeted practice and then just let yourself get better while you do something else.

[j_menz]

Breaks work wonders.

Also, your little mini romp won't have hurt either; giving your hands and brain something else to do for a change is good for them both.

[werq34ac]

All it means is that the piece is fresh and that you luckily have not lost any technique or forgotten the notes since you started the break.


Unless random technical issues have been resolved... that happens sometimes and I really don't have an explanation for why it does.

[andreslr6]

A story I like to share that I believe is related to this:

I once solved a leap in a lucid dream.

In real life I practiced it for like a whole week, every day, repeating without mistakes, separate hands, everything, etc., I practiced it correctly, but when I got to play it I always got it wrong, I missed, and I didn't knew why because I did everything correctly. I thought (and I was probably right) that I made some kind of mental block myself.

Anyways, one night, during those days I was learning that piece, I didn't knew I was dreaming until I saw a piano, so I just sat and played that passage once and clean, then I woke up and went to my real piano and I played that passage complete and it was all solved... I've never missed that leap ever since I had that dream and I've never practiced it again. That's when I realized it's all mental, well, like 90% of it. The problem wasn't in my hands, it was inside my head. The real work is in the connection between your hands and your brain.

I've been trying to have a lucid dream again since that day, so I can practice in my sleep, but I've failed

[faulty_damper]

Second AJSpiano but would like to add that those connections were mostly strengthened so that your brain actually works less to do the same things.  It's simply become more efficient because of all the practice you did.