Sore Wrists! :(

[matesol]

Hello Everyone,  I have a hurdle in piano technique I just can't seem to get over.  I can play some slower pieces just fine at a grade 10 level (Canadian ARCT), e.g. Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata (commonly nicknamed the "Smurf" sonata - it's played when Gargamel comes ...)  But, a piece like Chopin's Military Polonaise is quite difficult.  It's not that I can't "do it", it's that my wrists, especially my right wrist (I am right handed), get VERY sore before I can finish the piece.  I love Military Polonaise, but can't finish it before I have to stop from the discomfort, almost pain.  I don't think this was a problem earlier in my piano learning because I didn't have a more advanced level when I was a child.  I don't know what to do about this.  It is very aggravating, because I can "play" advanaced pieces, but the only hurdle is getting so sore that I can't go on.  I have searched online about this, but have never been able to find any info in this regard.  I have tried "relaxing" while I play and I practise relaxing while playing , "The Maple Leaf Rag" (fast paced throughout).  I have also tried working on "Indenpendance of the fingers", holding down fingers 2 and 4 and depressing adjacent keys successively with fingers 1, 3 and 5 as smoothly as possible, but I just can't seem to get rid of soreness in my writs.  It's the same if I practice scales quickly.  It only takes about 10 minutes of fast playing and then I can't go on.

Any thoughts on this?  Please help me .... I want to be able to play "Fantasie Impromptu eventually ...."


James

[mosis]

Grade 10 and ARCT are two different levels. Pathetique is under Grade 10.

Military Polonaise killed me too. Can't help you, sorry.