How am i doing?

[njalli]

Hello,

I am 14 years old, i will be 15 years old in the end of may. I started playing in 2005, so i have been playing now for 4 years, and im playing mozarts sonata K. 330 and 2 menuets and a giga from bachs partita no 1, Soon i will play allso Chopin etude op.10 no. 3 in e-major (tristese).

am i like avarage? or am i worse or better than avarage?

again, i have played for 4 years

[general disarray]

am i like avarage? or am i worse or better than avarage?

again, i have played for 4 years

My friend, if you compare, then you'll surely despair.  There are always others greater and more advanced than us, and always those who are less than us. 

Where you are is evidently where you should be.  And that's a good spot.  More importantly, you post as if you truly love music and the piano.  Let that be enough for you . . . and, of course, work your butt off.

[njalli]

Lol i have been playing this pieces for a less then a week, and i know all the notes and i can play it in tempo, but im going to play this In a competition in novemeber, imagine that i will have to get the tiniest detailed detailable detail right. and i know most of the details and all of the notes, but i got to play this for 8 more months (i usually dont play a piece that looong) but just to show you as you said, im working my butt off

[javacisnotrecognized]

Lol i have been playing this pieces for a less then a week, and i know all the notes

Alright then, what notes are on the second beat of the 3d measure?

[njalli]

Alright then, what notes are on the second beat of the 3d measure?

haha, i didnt mean it that way, i meant i know all the notes, like when playing them.

and btw there is no note exactly on that beat in the 3rd measure, but its g' on that measure

[javacisnotrecognized]

haha, i didnt mean it that way, i meant i know all the notes, like when playing them.

and btw there is no note exactly on that beat in the 3rd measure, but its g' on that measure

Well, what I wanted to see was if you could tell me the notes without looking at the score. If you can't, you really don't "Know all the notes".

But you can, so I'm happy 

[etcetra]

I agree, its best not to base what is good enough based on other people's expectations/approval , because you will always be that horse chasing after that carrot on the stick.  If you've worked hard, and you're proud of your progress, then that's what really matters.  of course you have to deal with expectation if you want to be competitive, but I think its important to be happy and have healthy attitude  first..

I know people who're so competitive in music that they end up having nervous-breakdowns and getting injury from overstraining themselves.. and they are never happy no matter how good they get...is it really worth going through all that to be "good enough"??