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I think you are talented and have an obvious passion for classical music but are probably learning these pieces by yourself.
I think the single most important thing for you to work on at this point is actually following what's in the score as closely as you can. For example, in just the first measures of the Pathetique, how closely are you following the rhythm and dynamics that Beethoven wrote?
I would listen to some great pianist's performance of this piece while carefully following the score and then compare what you hear to your own performance in terms of what Beethoven wrote.
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I think you are talented and have an obvious passion for classical music but are probably learning these pieces by yourself.
I think the single most important thing for you to work on at this point is actually following what's in the score as closely as you can. For example, in just the first measures of the Pathetique, how closely are you following the rhythm and dynamics that Beethoven wrote?
I would listen to some great pianist's performance of this piece while carefully following the score and then compare what you hear to your own performance in terms of what Beethoven wrote. Excellent advice in the first paragraph and garbage in the second. Don't tell someone to take the time to study the score and then tell them in the next breath to follow the bouncing ball. For starters, who decides who is the great pianist? Who decides that this "great" is THE authority on Beethoven/Schumann interpretation? Leave the recordings on the shelf. Get a good teacher and do the homework yourself. You'll be thankful you did.
"And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach — a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy
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Joined: May 2001
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Joined: May 2001
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I think you are talented and have an obvious passion for classical music but are probably learning these pieces by yourself.
I think the single most important thing for you to work on at this point is actually following what's in the score as closely as you can. For example, in just the first measures of the Pathetique, how closely are you following the rhythm and dynamics that Beethoven wrote?
I would listen to some great pianist's performance of this piece while carefully following the score and then compare what you hear to your own performance in terms of what Beethoven wrote. Excellent advice in the first paragraph and garbage in the second. Excellent advice in the first half of your sentence but garbage in the second half.
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I think you are talented and have an obvious passion for classical music but are probably learning these pieces by yourself.
I think the single most important thing for you to work on at this point is actually following what's in the score as closely as you can. For example, in just the first measures of the Pathetique, how closely are you following the rhythm and dynamics that Beethoven wrote?
I would listen to some great pianist's performance of this piece while carefully following the score and then compare what you hear to your own performance in terms of what Beethoven wrote. Excellent advice in the first paragraph and garbage in the second. Excellent advice in the first half of your sentence but garbage in the second half. Oh no, not another of these childish squabbles between stores and plover. I challenge you not to respond, stores.
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