Originally Posted by: djlawrence1988

It may sound a little daft but when I find putting everything all together overwhelming I tend to practice each element separately a few times before running through a piece as a whole.

[p]This is great advice. Thanks! And your breakdown of the tasks into discreet units is well done!

Sometimes I drive my wife crazy by playing the same 2 measures of music over & again for hours. :) But that kind of repetition is sometimes necessary in order play the music correctly.