Topic: Always having trouble with Presto
No matter how much I practice, allegro vivace tends to be my dead on maximum speed except for a few lucky times. Allegro though is usually my maximum speed with no mistakes.
For example, as I practiced Solfeggio in C minor by C.P.E Bach, this is how I went about it:
1) hands separate, adagio
2) hands together, adagio
3) dynamics, adagio
4) andante
5) Moderato
6) Allegro
And before I went on to the next step I made sure that I made absolutely 0 mistakes.
But as I try to speed it up further this happens:
7) Molto Allegro, few minor mistakes(wrong note for example)
8) Vivace, several mistakes, a few major(wrong octave for example)
9) Presto and Prestissimo, all wrong
There are a few lucky times when I was able to play it presto with 0 mistakes but usually it goes all wrong at Presto, no matter the piece.
This is a major problem for me. How am I ever going to play Toccata and Fugue in D minor if I can't do Presto with 0 mistakes every time. How am I going to play most of Chopin's pieces? How will I play extremely fast notes(like 64ths and faster)?
I have the right handshape all the time.
I make sure I have no mistakes at Allegro.
If I need to, I do it part by part.
And yet, except when I am lucky, I can't do Presto.
Why? Why?
I am able to do trills and tremolos extremely fast. Why can't I do Presto? Why is Allegro my maximum speed without mistakes?
And how can I make myself able to do presto without mistakes when at Presto, no matter how few mistakes(0 or a few minor), it all goes horribly wrong most of the time? It should be as simple as wide and not so wide turns, tremolos, and trills and I am able to do those.
As for a piano teacher, I once had one but she got rude at me during my second year(don't know if it was because I wanted to learn more complicated pieces faster than the average person or what but she was rude about it). So from then on, I have taught myself how to play certain piano pieces.
I think there is something missing in my attempts at Presto.
Something besides practice at allegro, handshape, part by part for some pieces(Mostly those like Eine Kleine Natchtmusic), and sheer luck.
How can I get myself to do presto without mistakes? Should I say something like "This is just like 1 big trill. You can do it I know you can. You're good at trills. Just remember the trill and you will be able to do it."
What should I do because practice is only enough to get me to Allegro.