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A couple thoughts.
(1) I’ve known some very accomplished pianists with small hands, and it’s been my impression that they’ve been able to find ways to make do even in passages or repertoire that would be much easier with larger hands. So some it might be finding ways to be more creative and get away with more despite the seeming limitations?
(2) It sounds like you haven’t yet gotten things up to tempo, and achieved a comfort level with the repertoire where you have some margin for error. So it actually makes perfect sense that things would fall apart quite a bit when you are pushed even slightly beyond your comfort zone. You might experiment with prioritizing speed before accuracy on occasion – just on occasion. You may find that in order to play it at a faster tempo, the technique has to change quite a bit. Meaning, at 60bpm you are able to play it one way, but at 70bpm, you need to find a new tweak or radically adjustment of your technique in order for it to work. So if your technique is going to have to change at 70, it may not be as helpful to practice the 60bpm technique when you’re going to have to learn the 70bpm technique eventually.
Let me know how things go in the next couple weeks.
