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Offline tds

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about 70%
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Re: how happy are you with your technique? show percentage pls
Reply #1 on: October 04, 2010, 03:40:01 PM
90%.  8)

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Re: how happy are you with your technique? show percentage pls
Reply #2 on: October 04, 2010, 04:06:41 PM
1.35%
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Re: how happy are you with your technique? show percentage pls
Reply #3 on: October 06, 2010, 12:58:42 AM
Purely physical technique ? About 90% I suppose on average. Some days I convince myself it is terrible and sometimes it seems very good. The fact that several aspects of it are still improving at sixty-three gives me satisfaction, hence the high percentage.
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Re: how happy are you with your technique? show percentage pls
Reply #4 on: October 06, 2010, 02:32:25 AM
Maybe 60%. There are some fast techniques that are difficult to execute that I nontheless enjoy executing, but I often stumble in these if I do them too long or too far across the keyboard. I hope some day I'll have these down better, but if not I still enjoy what I do.

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Re: how happy are you with your technique? show percentage pls
Reply #5 on: October 06, 2010, 07:19:46 AM
Maybe 60%. There are some fast techniques that are difficult to execute that I nontheless enjoy executing, but I often stumble in these if I do them too long or too far across the keyboard. I hope some day I'll have these down better, but if not I still enjoy what I do.
We aren't talking about specifics here, I believe.  We're talking about general aspects of techniqe, octaves, sixths, double thirds, agility, tone production and expressiveness, etc.  Sure, there are days when you feel more or less incompetent, but that has nothing to do with your technical apparatus in general.

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Re: how happy are you with your technique? show percentage pls
Reply #6 on: October 07, 2010, 06:51:01 PM
20% at most to be honest.
I can work on pretty much anything, theres alot to improve !

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Re: how happy are you with your technique? show percentage pls
Reply #7 on: October 07, 2010, 09:34:50 PM
Who is?  I don't think anyone would put 100%.

I'd guess I'm 20%.... to 50% happy.  Maybe. 
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Re: how happy are you with your technique? show percentage pls
Reply #8 on: November 02, 2011, 01:28:43 AM
I'm guessing 10%. I can barely play arpeggios properly.
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