I'm just wondering about the most efficient way to get from point A to point B.I sit down one day and find I can play a little faster so I do and it's nice. Later on during the day or the next morning, I feel sore. Don't do that again, but boy, it was nice to play like that.I pick up a heavier weight and find I can lift it. It's nice. I do it the next day and the next. Then, ooo... sore. Don't do that again, but boy it was sure nice while it lasted.I'm wondering how I can make that next level something I can do everyday.Another part of the solution: Stepping up to that next level sucks. It IS painful. You can do a hard push and then a 'hard rest.' method #2: Do slightly more everyday. Just be careful not to wear down over time.
My teacher compares the finger on the piano key like your foot on the floor. When you walk, you don't think of the effort required, or slam your foot on the ground. You merely know how much you need. So, he keeps teaching me how to walk on the piano....
There is a "good soreness" that happens when you push the right muscles. You push them, they heal up, you can play faster/longer/etc.
Say you had perfect coordination (so that you didn't need to focus on coordination anymore) and you wanted to increase speed. There would still be some pushing involved to get to that next level of speed (being physically able to play faster).
To make it more on the physical side, I've lifted weights. I can lift them daily and wear out the muscles so much that I know I don't really get any stronger -- I actually get weaker... I really just wear myself down. I see that daily work is good with... a period of relaxation and resetting... given my body plenty of time to rest and recover and capture that new strength, as opposed to doing daily work that seems to wear me down in the long run.*** Please be aware this is not a weight lifting thread. ***