Tenor line question

[AllanP]

My first organ teacher used the method of stopping to fix a mistake immediately. My present teacher lets me play through and then go back and fix the mistake.

The original method has caused me to panic to fix the mistake immediately. It has taken years to try to break the habit so that I can play a piece completely through without breaks in rhythm where mistakes were made in the past.

I very strongly believe that building the habit of always stopping to fix a mistake makes playing in a smooth flowing manner almost impossible. Of course, when practicing, note where the mistakes were made and play the phrase over and over again to get it right. be sure to stop at a place of your own choosing, not where the mistake was made.

Stopping at a mistake has been the worst habit that I developed early on and has been the worst problem that I have had to overcome.

Allan

[Ghekorg7]

Right Allan and hi !

That's exactly I posted before. Loop practice 3or4 bars around the mistake, changing also tempo, keys or note values, is the key after the whole pass of the piece start to end non stop. One have to know and mostly feel the flow of the piece and what it says as a whole and then perform . Stoping and fixing send one to the opposite direction.
That's Vivian, my teacher , gave me to understand and like this I follow her path 'till today, God rest her soul, owing everything I know to her.

Cheers
Panos

[AllanP]

I have been using this method today and find that it works very well. I have been backing up one or two bars to the beginning of the phrase and then playing through until the mistake goes away.
Allan