by Thomas Altmann » Mon May 23, 2011 7:24 pm
KidCuba,
whenever you have a problem with a particular independence exercise, look upon it as a coordination exercise first. That's my tip. Once you have mastered a number of coordination textures, you will automatically build something near independence.
Write down both parts in a score, so you can visually perceive which sounds or strokes fall together. Sometimes it might help to hear coinciding strokes as one compound sound, as opposed to two individual sounds produced at the same time, and treat it like that.
Work yourself through the score step by step, beat by beat, perhaps in chunks of half a measure length. Once you have practiced each building block separately, glue them together. If there are still problems, grab the passage that flaws and repair it before you put it back in to play it in conjunction with the rest that works.
Always make sure that transitions from one element to the next are functioning, especially from the end back to the repeated start of the pattern.
Practice any pattern in a 3-2 and in a 2-3 clave constellation.
Buén éxito!
Thomas