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Thanks Alfred. The challenges are all over the board for me. Some are extremely difficult and some are fairly easy. Everything in between. The easier ones I try to increase my speed more. Pretty rare for me to hit over 120bpm with clean and clear notes fully on tempo. My hope is as I go through each challenge multiple times I will have increased my speed a bit from the last time. I am on my 2nd cycle through but I did not start recording my speeds and notes until about 4 months back. I have a benchmark now!

PhilBarru

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April 26, 2021 at 7:59 pm in reply to: Personal best on Finger Pairs speed challenge

Thanks Fly. When I do the challenges I like to establish a benchmark speed that allows me to play the exercise cleanly and clearly. I usually use a metronome and add 10bpm at a time until I start either muffing the routine or can get through the notes but the sound isn’t clear. On the easier warmups I can use the new speed adjustment on the website. I usually like to check myself without playing along with Tony since his strong play often overshadows some of my mistakes. But not using the metronome for everything is saving me a bunch of time.

Bottom line is I would rather play slow and clean than fast and rough. I have learned the hard way that it is tough to get a good clean sound once you get used to playing something sloppy. It works better for me to get it right and then slowly ramp up the speed to where I start having trouble keeping it smooth and clean.

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April 26, 2021 at 7:51 pm in reply to: Personal best on Finger Pairs speed challenge

Thanks Ted

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