Piano Practice

[kenjari]

On Wednesday I spent the whole day at work with Richard Goode's performance of the Beethoven sonata I'm learning going through my head. But that night I skipped practicing (for reasons that had nothing to do with practicing itself). Goode plays the sonata a lot faster (and better) than I can currently manage. The funny thing is that yesterday when I was practicing the sonata, I could play it noticeably faster than I could on Tuesday when I last practiced.

Comments

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

Muscle memory is a factor, but I think it has a lot more to do with getting the faster version into my ear and head. It's going to take me while to get this to the point where I'll play it for people - Beethoven is so rich that there's a lot to work on even beyond getting all the notes right. But I promise I'll play it for you when it's ready.

[apintrix.livejournal.com]

all the fun work is what happens after you get all the notes right. ;-)