Questions about development goals

Playing Technique
#1

When it comes to rote technical exercises, is there any information on whether or not any of the following produces better results than the other:

a) Pick one exercise and focus on getting it up to a goal speed, then move on to the next one. For example, work on Exercise A until it can be played cleanly at 240 bpm, then do the same for Exercise B

b) Work a group of exercises at once in incremental steps. For example, Work on Exercise A and B until both are at 190 bpm, then get them both up to 195, and so on until the goal is reached.

#2

All relevant motor learning research supports the idea that practice variability is beneficial. Don’t grind a single exercise endlessly. Work on several techniques and applications of those techniques in parallel.

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#3

Thank you! That is the kind of information I was looking for.

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