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If you want to practice efficiently: to make the best use of your practice time in order to conquer the difficulties that make you stuble, you should read this free book: Fundamentals of Piano Practice by Chuan C. Chang. One technique I recall from the book is to objectively identify the difficulties in a piece. At some tempo, you can play the piece without ...

Don't sweat it. Horowitz made mistakes. Mind you he took huge risks too. But not making mistakes does not by itself make for an interesting performance. The trouble with playing slow is it makes possible extraneous movements that prevent you playing fast. So you need to combine playing slowly and playing faster than you can really manage, mistakes and all. ...