Major Help w/ Fingering (among other things)

Alright, so I've been at this for one and a half months now: 1 week with Deck the Halls, 1 week with Auld Lang Syne, and now 4 weeks with 'To Good Friends'. I have the song down about 90-95%, so I decided to record it. Turns out I have spider hands, which I would think is one of the worst habits to pick up...I was practicing technique for about half of my practice time up until two weeks ago, when I was forced to devote my shortened time to finishing this song, so I admit that I've been neglecting my scales and whatnot.

So I guess my question is: What is the best way to rid myself of this habit? Should I stop playing this song for a while? (since I've become accustomed to playing it with my spider hands) Should I just go pure technique for a while? (by the way, I am also ashamed to say my sightreading, pedaling, and interval recognition are extremely poor)

Thanks

Don't be to hard on yourself. Work on a little bit at a time. THe key isn't to go hard on one thing for a short while. Do a few minuets everyday, make your goal to just progress a little everyday and you'll get quite far after awhile!

Admin Andrew wrote:Don't be to hard on yourself. Work on a little bit at a time. THe key isn't to go hard on one thing for a short while. Do a few minuets everyday, make your goal to just progress a little everyday and you'll get quite far after awhile!

Thanks, haha. I've been pretty consistent in playing every day, just probably not the right thing.

But specifically, is it just building up the finger and tendon strength to not have spider hands?

if you're trying to fix posture you need to do it slowly with awareness