Day 48: Having done all the shopping and prep for Barb's birthday celebration this afternoon, I will see now how much of the manual variation can be learned on the piano before Susan gets here for coffee.
My practice plan for this (and most) variations: play once through slowly. Play the Left Hand 16 time varying each repetition (rhythm, articulation, touch, register, etc.). Then play the RH 16 times, as above. Then play hands together as above except playing with one hand silent, crossed hands, etc. This is to keep the material fresh while keeping the actual fingering and notes the same for every rep.
It is a disaster, of course, if you learn a mistake! Then you are into multiples of 16 to correct it. (This is also how to correct an uncertain area of a previously learned piece once the "knot" has been figured out -- multiples.)
If learning a variation with pedals, learn the pedal part first and then use various combinations of pedal alone, LH and pedal, RH and pedal, HT and pedal, etc.
After my 4th year undergraduate recital, JSM told me, as we had a lesson in the Kney practice room at UWO, that I would probably never reach the same level of performance ever again. So far he is correct: a completely memorized program with most parts note-perfect is something I have not attempted since.
Tomorrow: a kind of tweet!
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