Playing fast is a different skill than playing slow, not just a quicker version of it. Like jogging versus walking, something fundamental in my technique has to change once I cross a speed threshold, which is exactly why endlessly creeping the metronome up from a slow, careful baseline so often stalls out.
I build speed in short, fast bursts with real pauses in between, not one long grind. I play one bar at a tempo well above my comfort zone, then pause for a full bar before trying it again; once that's solid I stretch the phrase to two bars, then four, then eight, until the pauses disappear.
When a section falls apart at speed, that's useful information, not failure. I mark the exact bar or embellishment that broke down and give it separate, focused practice, instead of slowing the whole tune back down to fix it.
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A New Method to Quickly and Easy Get Your Tunes Up to Speed
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