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When do you consider an etude complete?

Rad Synner

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    Hey everyone!

    So I use the etude as sort of warm ups and such and I learn them and pretty much know some of them by heart but I cant play them at 100% speed yet.

    So my question to you all, since I want to advance in the etudes and do more complex pattern, is when should I mark an etude as complete?

    When I know it by heart and can play it a more than average speed or only when I can play at the maximum speed?

    Thank you!
     

    Rad Synner

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    I use the full speed as a sign it's complete but at the same time if you play it at a slower speed you're still playing the etude so it's really what you want to get out of them.
    I mean, to me I really see them as sort of practice for the specific technique. And while I think I can do them pretty well to a decent speed, I am not quite on the level of being able to them full speed. But I dont want to get stuck on one etude feeling like I NEED to have it full speed before moving on to the next because at one point it sort of gets boring?

    Point is, at the same time I dont want to cheat the xp and completionist system by just blindly marking things as complete so thats why im asking
     

    Firsty Lasty

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    Imo the right time is either when you know it by memory or when you have decided to not invest any more time in it.

    I would consider it perfectly legitimate to listen to an etude once, decide you don't like how it sounds, then mark it complete and never come back to it.

    Quick edit- as a side note I don't see any reason to go through the etudes in order. Just pick the ones you like.
     
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