Most piano players are trying to frost cake batter.
Let me explain.
I want you to imagine that you have a beautifully baked layered cake with 4 layers.
The bottom layer is accuracy, then rhythm, fingering, and notes.
How beautiful it is…
Just waiting to be decorated with frosting, sprinkles, and perhaps some edible flowers.
But now, I want you to think back to how that cake started…
As messy cake batter in a bowl.
And I want you to imagine trying to frost a bowl of cake batter.
It would be a total disaster, yeah?
And this is unfortunately what most piano players are doing.
You see, the frosting on the cake is tempo.
And most piano players are trying to play their pieces up to tempo before the cake is even baked.
(which is why they stay stuck for years).
In other words, they’re trying to frost cake batter.
I know this, because I used to do it myself.
For years, I’d push my pieces up to speed before they were ready…
…and every time, my hands would fall apart, I’d pause constantly, and I thought I just wasn’t good enough.
I was just trying to frost cake batter.
But here's the truth:
👉 Speed is the byproduct of accurate practice…
...not the other way around.
You have to bake the cake before you can frost it.
When you do, everything changes:
What used to take you 10 hours of frustrated practice can shrink to 10 minutes of focused practice.
So this is your reminder:
Take your time, focus on accuracy, and I promise you: tempo will come.
And if you want the exact step-by-step system I mastered after $100,000 and two performance degrees, comment TEMPO below.
It’s your shortcut to reaching performance tempo with ANY piece, without ever losing control, no matter how tricky the piece feels right now (for waaaaaay less than $100,000 😉).
Ashlee Young Piano Studio
Most piano players are trying to frost cake batter.
Let me explain.
I want you to imagine that you have a beautifully baked layered cake with 4 layers.
The bottom layer is accuracy, then rhythm, fingering, and notes.
How beautiful it is…
Just waiting to be decorated with frosting, sprinkles, and perhaps some edible flowers.
But now, I want you to think back to how that cake started…
As messy cake batter in a bowl.
And I want you to imagine trying to frost a bowl of cake batter.
It would be a total disaster, yeah?
And this is unfortunately what most piano players are doing.
You see, the frosting on the cake is tempo.
And most piano players are trying to play their pieces up to tempo before the cake is even baked.
(which is why they stay stuck for years).
In other words, they’re trying to frost cake batter.
I know this, because I used to do it myself.
For years, I’d push my pieces up to speed before they were ready…
…and every time, my hands would fall apart, I’d pause constantly, and I thought I just wasn’t good enough.
I was just trying to frost cake batter.
But here's the truth:
👉 Speed is the byproduct of accurate practice…
...not the other way around.
You have to bake the cake before you can frost it.
When you do, everything changes:
What used to take you 10 hours of frustrated practice can shrink to 10 minutes of focused practice.
So this is your reminder:
Take your time, focus on accuracy, and I promise you: tempo will come.
And if you want the exact step-by-step system I mastered after $100,000 and two performance degrees, comment TEMPO below.
It’s your shortcut to reaching performance tempo with ANY piece, without ever losing control, no matter how tricky the piece feels right now (for waaaaaay less than $100,000 😉).
Happy Practicing,
Ashlee
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