What’s the difference between practicing and performing? When we practice, we extract the parts that need to be worked on. Just do the “trouble” spots over and over until we can play it nice and smooth. Usually start playing slow to get familiar with the finger and know what keys to play. Then gradually speed up. After being able to play it nice and smooth, then move back a couple bars and see if the transition flows with an ease.
Whereas performing requires continuity. Stopping at the middle or start all over from the beginning is fatal!! Always move forward and play ahead if you get stuck instead of going back a couple bars or starting all over. When practicing, pick a few cold start point and be able to start any where in the music. Always know the ending as well as the opening. Just in case if you have memory lost, you can always play the ending so you can kindly go down the stage.
