Playing and improvining fast 8th notes.

[Terry McDougal]

I like to push the limits, like when I'm working with a metronome. Sometimes I feel that pushing your technique to extremes leads you to discover other things.
Maybe, while pushing the tempos, one might think about how tone is effected at different speeds? This may lead you to centre some attention on your tone.
Maybe, if one is playing at a tempo too fast to run 8th. notes, one might centre in on the quarter notes and locking them into the time?
Hey, but I'm from Aberdeen.

[Bin Hire]

Terry I think I understand what you are saying. I like the idea. The whole of your playing draws from the parts. You are saying that practice is the same. At least that is what I think you are saying. Apologies if I am wrong. So your playing is like an entity? The sum of all the parts? What you add pushes the boundaries like air being blown into a balloon.
Thank you for your thoughts on this topic.

[Terry McDougal]

I've just been practising quavers between 240bpm and 336bpm. Half an hour's practice, pizzicato. I was inspired by this thread. I can run the notes at 336bpm for a very short time and try to keep the beat going with crotchets as I recover. Really I think the trick lies in getting your left hand there on time and getting it pressed firmly. My right hand feels quite tired now so maybe I am building up strength.
Ah, fast notes! Everyone is in a hurry in Aberdeen!