Want to learn how to play fast and controlled?

Answer 1

The key to playing fast and not losing control is to first repeatedly play slow for a while. Imagine you're playing in slow motion. Go through each motion of your hand and fingers repeatedly like this and your muscle memory will develop. Then you can start to speed up over time. If you skip this you will likely only learn how to play fast but *not* controlled. It's amazing how much time the greats spend doing things like this. We only see them perform and do impressive runs, but we never see them sit at their pianos and play the same thing over and over again super slowly for 6 hours straight every day. But that's exactly how they became so great.

Answer 2

To play fast and controlled, never start by speeding. By playing slowly first, preferably with a metronome to keep the tempo in track, you'll allow your muscles to understand what your hands are doing little by little. Speeding through will only result in sloppy technique. Also, playing slow at first gives the musician a chance to catch any mistakes they're making (wrong notes or incorrect rhythm). Once the muscle memory is set to that slow pace, feel free to start playing at a more accelerated tempo and building on top of that.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

I think the best way to be able to play fast and controlled is to start practice slow and with a metronome. Once you get that muscle memory down with a slower tempo speeding up the piece becomes fairly easy. It's all about learning the piece slowly and correctly and then taking it step by step when speeding it up.