SOPP299: How to improve finger accuracy, especially with fast passages?
b"This question was sent by John and he writes:\\n \\n\\u201cHi Vidas and Ausra,\\n\\nThank you for your amazing blogs lately, there's been some great discussions and I value the different perspectives you both bring.\\n\\nI'm wondering if you could please talk about how to improve finger accuracy, especially with fast passages. Specifically I'm trying to play In Dulci Jubilo BWV 729 by Bach, your training videos were great and I surprised myself how fast I was able to learn it (for me), it still took 2 months.\\n\\nNow my problem is trying to speed up to concert tempo. Most professional organists on YouTube seem to play this piece in 2:40-2:50 minutes, your Christmas Concert video shows you play it in about this time.\\n\\nI seem to be able to play it in about 3:10 mins quite ok without mistakes, but when I go faster, I seem to slur lots of notes by brushing against the key alongside, for example playing the note A I might bump the G sharp alongside. It feels like my fingers fumble, and I make mistakes in random places and even lose my place completely. This makes me feel quite uneasy and I don't have any confidence that I can get through the piece without messing it up.\\nSo I need to go about 10-20% faster and it seems a big jump in difficulty. I have noticed I struggle with fast pieces in general.\\nIs it normal to take a long time to increase the tempo after having learnt a new piece?\\nWhat exercises should I do to be able to play fast tempo pieces accurately?\\n\\nI want to play this piece as the postlude for the Nine Lessons and Carols service on Dec 16th, so I still have time, but this will be a big occasion with lots of people and the former retired organist will be there so I don't want to stuff it up!\\n\\nI hope your day goes well,\\n\\nTake care,\\nGod bless,\\nJohn...\\u201d"