[Bridget Knodel]

In general, the best way to get faster is to play with a metronome. Start slow, and don’t play faster until your playing is really solid, then play it again a few clicks faster, and just continue until it’s the tempo you want. For pieces like the cadenza from Waltz of the Flowers (one of my college audition pieces), a great way to get faster is to first play the chords blocked until you know where the music is going and you won’t have to think about it. Then to get faster, try different rhythms (ex-long short long) and then play it as written. The best way is to just start slow and slowly get faster. There’s also exercise books you can buy that focus on building finger speed and agility that might help as well.

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