Well, RiskyP, I understand how much you love this piece. Regarding piano teachers, I do agree that different teachers have different standard of performance, that is why it is important to find a good teacher, one that preferably concertise a lot. When I learnt my Chopin Nocturne op 62 no 2 during my previous teacher, she said it was perfect, but when I bring it to audition to my current teacher , he said that I didn't do justice at all to the piece and it is rubbish. Nevertheless he saw my potential and still took me in ( luckily ).
When you learn piano, your ears are your best friend and worst enemy. Never ever be satisifed with what you hear, often pianists are satisfied with the sounds they produced the first time by their fingers. I will usually play the music on my mind when I'm free or relaxin, my mind is a much better piano than the real thing, that's why mental playing is very important in mastering the piano. Playing mentally can produce the tone and intepretation that we want, while we must tell our fingers consciously to achieve that sound. For me, I set a very high standard for myself, because eventually the pieces I'm learning I'm going to perform them. It takes hell a lot of time learning the music, usually I will be able to learn the notes in a few weeks, but it will take from a few months to half a year before I deem them fit enough to be performed.
It is good that you are trying out easier pieces. For me, an easier pieces played musically is much better than harder pieces played with technical and musical struggles. Don't compete with others about how fast or how difficult pieces you can learn, you will only be depriving yourself the chance to make good music. Don't care if someone else spend much shorter time learnin a piece, just tell yourself in the end you will make much better music than that person
Topic: Beginner Classical Sheetmusic