response 10 of 42:

Dec 20 16:31 UTC 2002

Re: speed:  *Accuracy* is far more important than speed, and here is why: 
A music teacher of mine once taught me something I have found to be true:
By repeating your mistakes, your are actually "practicing" your mistakes, and
you therefore get "good" at your mistakes and they can then become permanent.
That is, if you charge right through the easy stuff and then always slow down
or stop at the hard part, your "muscle memory" will learn and remember that
behavior, and it will be a plague to cure.  So with your scales, play them
sickeningly slow until you can plan them accurately every time.  *Then*
increase the speed, bit by bit, until you can play them accurately at the
higher speed, and so on.