returning to repertoire after a sit

[beethovenopus2no3movt2]

What is the best advice you can give a student that has taken sometime away from the piano in order to have the same adroitness as the student had before they left? In otherwords, "WOW!" one might say "I'm missing all kinds of notes, I shouldn't have gone so long without playing the piano."

[hfmadopter]

I suggest slowing way down, very slow practice to get the notes back into your hands. There are other things you can do to go along with it but the key really is just that, slow down.

I'd also step back a bit from the repertoire you were used to before you stopped playing. back off a grade or two or equivalent there of.

[andreadvacchiano]

Yeah you definitely need to start off slowly. Whenever I am trying to remember/relearn something I haven't played for a long time I firstly try and hear the piece in my head. Really listen to it. Then once I start trying to play it I'm often surprised just how easily it all comes back to me.

Sure there will be parts that require more memory jogging than others but, providing you learnt it correctly in the first place, your fingers should remeber what to play, even if you don't.

It's important to make sure that you are playing it correctly tho, as it's all too easy to start playing parts differently after a long lay off without realising it, so be sure to check what you're playing against the music notation, or the recording.

[ted]

I misread the unusual terminology of the heading and wondered what the problem was.

[goldentone]

I believe it's rather easy:  You just need to regularly practice and the accuracy will return.  This is a separate issue than just having been away from a piece that you once played.  There you simply need to relearn the piece; here, your technique and accuracy in playing needs to be regained.  Regular playing will get you back to where you were.  And working on some technical exercises daily should speed things up.

[outin]

I misread the unusual terminology of the heading and wondered what the problem was.

The headers of this particular poster tend to be pretty cryptic...as are the photos attached...

[ted]

It wasn't cryptic, I just assumed he had left an "h" out. Personally, I play much better after such an event.

[outin]

It wasn't cryptic, I just assumed he had left an "h" out. Personally, I play much better after such an event.

[birba]

Yea ted!  Me too!

[quantum]

It wasn't cryptic, I just assumed he had left an "h" out. Personally, I play much better after such an event.

Nearly fell off my chair when I read that

[hfmadopter]

I suspect pianostreet may never be the same with ted around ! My belly is still shaking up and down from the laughing. Just struck me right.

[birba]

When you think about it, the title of this thread doesn't really make sense  WITHOUT  the "h".

[hfmadopter]

When you think about it, the title of this thread doesn't really make sense  WITHOUT  the "h".

Here goes the belly again, you guys are too much !

[pianist1976]

When you think about it, the title of this thread doesn't really make sense  WITHOUT  the "h".

LOL LOL LOL LOL 

(Synchrony between forum members? I also missed the h when I read it the first time )

[pianist1976]

It wasn't cryptic, I just assumed he had left an "h" out. Personally, I play much better after such an event.

ROLF  

Now I finally understand the cram'em thread. It should be read "p" instead of "m"  

[birba]