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ai1888

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Mozart - Ah! Vous dirai je maman, 12 Variations

on: November 05, 2013, 06:51:18 PM

Just me struggling with this piece. My problems were to keep a steady tempo, and to achieve speeds that most pianists do.

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arjunish2006

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Re: Mozart - Ah! Vous dirai je maman, 12 Variations

Reply #1 on: November 07, 2013, 10:32:42 PM

Anyone? ...Bueller?

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awesom_o

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Re: Mozart - Ah! Vous dirai je maman, 12 Variations

Reply #2 on: November 07, 2013, 11:15:18 PM

Good work, ai1888!

I enjoyed your rendition.

Your problems are all in your head.

It sounded as though you tried to play the entire piece as though a metronome were ticking beside you.

Relax! Sing each part of the music with the beauty that it warrants! Don't worry about playing it at speeds other pianists play at!

Your work here should be between you and Mozart alone. What other pianists do is irrelevant to what you do.

Learn to play with a tempo that is steady, yet flexible as well. This will help your playing to develop greater intensity of feeling. Right now it sounds just a bit stiff.

Rubato!

Well done though.

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arjunish2006

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Reply #3 on: November 08, 2013, 05:22:52 PM

Thanks awesome_o. Those are very good advice and suggestions. Learning to sing each part certainly works when I am practicing, but when I am recording, I am under constant pressure to play the right notes, that it takes precedence over the quality of music.

You say learn to play steady yet flexible. How does one do that?

Thanks again for the feedback!

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awesom_o

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Reply #4 on: November 08, 2013, 06:19:16 PM

Quote from: arjunish2006 on November 08, 2013, 05:22:52 PM

Thanks awesome_o. Those are very good advice and suggestions. Learning to sing each part certainly works when I am practicing, but when I am recording, I am under constant pressure to play the right notes, that it takes precedence over the quality of music.

You say learn to play steady yet flexible. How does one do that?

Thanks again for the feedback!

Recording music is something that you should leave until you are extremely advanced.
What you are doing here isn't really recording. It's you giving a practice performance on video.

You need to learn that there really is no such thing as constant pressure to play the right notes.

The quality of the music MUST take precedence over the quality of the 'performance'.

Steady yet flexible=good rubato.

I would recommend improvisation as one of the best ways of developing your understanding of rubato.

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