If you want some help, no one is going to take you seriously if you refer a piece of piano music as a 'song'. The term 'song' infers that it is music which has lyrics, which is not the case to the piece you are referring to.
And nobody is going to take you serious if youre trying to destroy his question because of usage of 1 word. Its a serious question, dont answer it with childish stuff.
I'm having trouble with the first and second movements. For the first movements I'm playing the piece around 72 bpm per quarter note and I understand that it's the speed that makes this song difficult. How should I go about speeding this song up?
I'm having trouble with the first and second movements. For the first movements I'm playing the piece around 72 bpm per quarter note and I understand that it's the speed that makes this song difficult. How should I go about speeding this song up? For the second movement I'm having troubles with tempo, I cannot keep a stable tempo. For the beginning part where there are 8th notes I keep a slow tempo, but once i get to the 16th notes starting with the D, I speed the tempo up a little bit because I think it fits the mood better. I'm also playing this movement for judges next month and I'm not sure if judges will take off for tempo. Also, the section of the movement where there are consecutive 32nd notes, I increase the tempo quite a bit to match the mood (as well) These tempo changes within the song, I think, fit it perfectly, but my teacher says that I should keep one tempo throughout. Is it normal to change tempos for a song in different sections that match the mood or should I keep one relative tempo throughout the whole movement? If you think it should be one tempo throughout the whole thing, what would be an ideal tempo?
72 per quarter note for the first movement is extremely slow. Are you sure you are doing that? 72 per half note, is still way too slow. I don't understand your post. This piece should be more like 76 for a whole bar. Schnabel's half note is around 168, but it is variable because he does some parts a bit slower. If you cannot play faster than 72 per quarter note, which to me is mind-boggingly slow, you really should not be playing this piece.For the slow movement: sometimes it is helpful to practice slow movements faster in order to get a feeling for the long line. Instead of counting each individual eighth note, count higher beat levels. Count each dotted quarter note; then count each bar; then count each two bars. Achieving control over the tempo in a long-range piece involves getting a higher and higher look, like a bird ascending into the air and getting more and more of the land below into its field of vision.I strongly recommend you reconsider playing the first movement at all.Walter Ramsey
I'm sorry I must have worded my question wrong. 72 per quarter note is no where near the speed it should be, that was just my practicing speed (I probably forgot to mention that). It should be at least 3-4 times faster than the speed I'm at now. My question was mainly regarding the fact of how I should speed this song up consistently.