Need to learn 2 sonatas, need to organize my time

[faa2010]

Hello everyone,

I need to learn 2 sonatas in 6 months:

KV 283 Mozart
Sonata op 49 no 2 Beethoven

Unfortunately, it has been difficult for me to start them, play them and give them a continuity, specially the one of Beethoven.

A teacher told me that playing a sonata requires patience and time and that there is always the risk that one stops learning or playing it if he/she doesn't love it.

But I feel that I have procrastinated my practice time with both sonatas because of no interest or because of fear.

Could you give me suggestions and/or a piece of advice in how can I organize myself in order to get the sonatas on time?

[dogperson]

You want to review Bernhard's posts (multiple) on this forum regarding effective practice.  Short version:  break down each piece into short segments over no more than 15 minutes per section.  If you can't learn the section in 15 minutes, make the section smaller, even if one measure.

Analyze the composition-- what repeats? where is a variation? where will be a problem section?
Finger and be consistent with it.
n Day 1, learn the first section.  Repeat 7 times. 
Day 2, repeat The section of Day 1 , add another section
Each day, be sure you repeat what you learned the previous day.
When you are learning sections, be sure they overlap-- i.e., m 1-4 and then m 4-8.
You can work on multiple sections in a day, but each section no more than about 15 min.
When the sections are learned, combine

Always practice slowly.  HS, if needed and then HT.
If you encounter problems when you increase speed, go back to slow.


I've tried to accurately summarize a lot of excellent advice, but I may have missed something-- go back and read them. Some forum members took what they were working on and broke it down into spreadsheets: look at those.

What you do not want to do is start at the beginning of the piece over and over again.  Learn in small segments and concentrate on the problems.


Listen to good performances of both. .. mark your score with dynamics, accents, etc.

I have not been trying this very long-- maybe someone else has and can help out.  My puny attempt at applying it has made a big difference in my progress.