River Flows In You - Yiruma

[sunshine_keys]

Hi everyone..yet another one of my songs. sorry about the quality, I know it's not good. I did make a few mistakes. I just recorded this on my first try. : ) I know I need to work on some of my grace notes. I'm just really having a hard time with them. anyhow..here goes. Oh, and I know I make some really funny facial expressions. lol

https://vimeo.com/33925622

[pianoplayjl]

In the second half of the piece where it gets passionate I thought you were speeding up a little but I may be wrong. But speaking of that, I thought it was effective and added some drama, passion and some emotion while I heard it. Your first half was good. Do some slow practice with this piece but don't tense up doing slow prac. There were some uneven parts where notes were played too fast or too early. But not a bad job at all.

JL

[sunshine_keys]

Thanks for the tips.. I don think I speed up towards the end.. which I've been trying to workout. I do get really tense when I'm playing this.. sometimes. I've been trying to work on that. and this wasn't the best recording of my playing.. I've done much better.

Thanks for the tips!

[sunshine_keys]

I've been doing what you suggested...playing the whole piece really slow, and I definitely think it's helping. I've also been trying to slow down the last half of it which is helping too.....I think. thanks again!

[johnmar78]

hey sunshine, my daughter is learning this too....so here is my 2 cents,,not a bad playing i enjoyed it very much. The second part, you are getting a bit too excited, a slight rubato is ok but you are the artist, you can do what ever you like  as long as it wthin a certain time frame. I am sure you have seen the original player a Korean musician. Well, we have to balnce between his interpretation and yours. This is the hardest part in the modern society.-interpretation.

PS, Check your LH on the second part, perhaps a bit of mental relazation is required. Looking forward to your next version.....

John

[sunshine_keys]

hey sunshine, my daughter is learning this too....so here is my 2 cents,,not a bad playing i enjoyed it very much. The second part, you are getting a bit too excited, a slight rubato is ok but you are the artist, you can do what ever you like  as long as it wthin a certain time frame. I am sure you have seen the original player a Korean musician. Well, we have to balnce between his interpretation and yours. This is the hardest part in the modern society.-interpretation.

PS, Check your LH on the second part, perhaps a bit of mental relazation is required. Looking forward to your next version.....

John

Thanks for the response John! I've been working on slowing down the last part a little...and will possibly re-record it when I'm finished working on it. I've been trying to get myself to relax more when I'm playing...I do know I tense up a little...and have been trying to work on it