My name is Kyle, and I just started learning this piece about.. 2 months ago If I remember correctly, maybe a little less. And just now I got able to play the entire thing up to speed, I plan on recording it soon too, but I still make some mistakes, its difficult to get a clean play through because my arms get quite fatigued, I still don't have a lot of stamina cause I started playing piano not long ago, and this quite a demanding piece. Also I play on a digital piano, and when I get to play at the conservatory on a real piano, its always difficult to adapt cause of the heavier keys.
For me, the harder passage of this entire piece is bar number 8. Maybe its just me, but I still struggle to play it correctly up to speed. Also bars 14 and 16 are hard to play correctly.
I think 4-6 months is a good amount of time to get this mastered. You can play it on a technical level before, but getting a good interpretation paying attention to every detail and dynamics is going to consume more time.
I really enjoy your blog and I plan on checking it regularly to see your progress =)
Thanks so much for visiting and commenting, Kyle. It's encouraging that you've managed to learn this piece in about 2 months. I look forward to saying that soon - that I've learned to play this whole piece.
I know this is years old, but I'm learning this piece now and came across this, so thought I'd leave a comment for anybody else doing the same.
What helped me was to use the metronome to slow that section down to super slow motion (like, slow enough that you can study each individual note before playing it) and only once you've got all the notes happening at the right time in the right order at that super slow speed then speed it up, 1 beat at a time. Don't go faster until everything is happening correctly at each increment.
Eventually you'll get to the point when you can just switch the metronome off and simply start playing it as fast as you can (and it will be faster each time), but trying to practise it at the speed you're trying in the video is a recipe for a long struggle to even just get the notes in the right order, let along worrying about dynamics and such.
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My name is Kyle, and I just started learning this piece about.. 2 months ago If I remember correctly, maybe a little less. And just now I got able to play the entire thing up to speed, I plan on recording it soon too, but I still make some mistakes, its difficult to get a clean play through because my arms get quite fatigued, I still don't have a lot of stamina cause I started playing piano not long ago, and this quite a demanding piece. Also I play on a digital piano, and when I get to play at the conservatory on a real piano, its always difficult to adapt cause of the heavier keys.
For me, the harder passage of this entire piece is bar number 8. Maybe its just me, but I still struggle to play it correctly up to speed. Also bars 14 and 16 are hard to play correctly.
I think 4-6 months is a good amount of time to get this mastered. You can play it on a technical level before, but getting a good interpretation paying attention to every detail and dynamics is going to consume more time.
I really enjoy your blog and I plan on checking it regularly to see your progress =)
Cheers
Thanks so much for visiting and commenting, Kyle. It's encouraging that you've managed to learn this piece in about 2 months. I look forward to saying that soon - that I've learned to play this whole piece.
I know this is years old, but I'm learning this piece now and came across this, so thought I'd leave a comment for anybody else doing the same.
What helped me was to use the metronome to slow that section down to super slow motion (like, slow enough that you can study each individual note before playing it) and only once you've got all the notes happening at the right time in the right order at that super slow speed then speed it up, 1 beat at a time. Don't go faster until everything is happening correctly at each increment.
Eventually you'll get to the point when you can just switch the metronome off and simply start playing it as fast as you can (and it will be faster each time), but trying to practise it at the speed you're trying in the video is a recipe for a long struggle to even just get the notes in the right order, let along worrying about dynamics and such.
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