The importance of slow practice (part 1)

We are excited to start learning our favourite piece of music, and our passion and desire often makes us want to learn it quickly, but this tendency usually ends up working negatively. The first step in learning a new piece involves a lot of "brain work", figuring out the most basics: notes, rhythm, fingering etc etc. But if one is impatient, one will encounter more mistakes in the learning process, and as a result, you might feel like you're off to a faster start, but you will definitely end up spending more time fixing the mistakes in the process.

If one is more patient, on the other hand, you can drastically cut down the "incorrect muscle memory". And once the muscles settles in comfortably, you can start pushing the speed in a more relaxed manner without making more mistakes. Think of the turtle and the rabbit...nice and easy wins the race!