my recording/studying trials after 4.3 months chopin op10-10/4

[johnmar78]

Hi folks,
At the mement I am doing my recording trials with a better digital recorder-sony. But soon will upgrade. Meanwhile I did these two recordings Chopin op10-10 and op10-4 on 31-12-11. Op10-10 was done after 4.3 months of studying with 20 minutes a day. As  time goes by (1 year) the playing will be much better. Please have a listen to both that I want get a general impression from you. Op10-4 was played with no pedal, perhaps at the end. I like it that way,,,but have your say anyway.... Thanks

[starstruck5]

Not too bad for 4 months work - 


With the C#minor study - I think you could benefit from some work with the metronome at a much slower tempo - your playing right now is too uneven and rushed in places.

[johnmar78]

thanks very much STARSSTRUCK. I am looking forward to it.

[pianoplayjl]

pretty good for 20 minutes practice every day for 4 months. I seriously recommend practicing with a metronome at a slow speed for 80 percent of practice. no 10 etude-I was impressed by the eveness of your playing and the steadiness of speed. It was consistent. no4: different story. It was really bumpy. I really prefer that you slow it down to a speed to which you are comfortable with and can play it evenly with no mistakes from beginning to end.

JL

[johnmar78]

thanks very much Pianoplay, as matter of fact, op10-10 was done without metronome...but op10/4 do need a metromone and slow down process to improve my acuracies. To explain this, I think my natural beat suit better for op10-10 than op10/4. I will further improve my timings....