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Now there are many common sense axioms to be observed in the details of practising, which the student will find out by experience. For instance, if he has to play on a certain day a piece in which many octaves and double notes occur, he should on that day make a point of practising only scales and exercises for the simple articulation of the fingers. He should take care during his working hours not to study the same octave and double-note techniques as are to be found in the piece that he will be playing later on in the day, for if he does so he will risk suffering from lameness of the hands. Such lameness will appear from working the hands too long in certain extended positions as are peculiar to octave playing, etc. Therefore great variety of motion must always be aimed at. in order to keepTlhe hands Iresh and vigorous. Also should the student experience the slightest fatigue in the hand when playing scales and passages, let him instantly cease until that feeling has quite passed away.