Thank you and I see your point keypeg, but he did say in my initial assessment that, chopin will be studied in the later years of my development. But now he took it back, It's not that I don't want to learn them, In fact I loved it when he said it, but I believe that I am technically deficient as of now, and I think if I forcefully learn 2 grade 8 pieces simultaneously, the interpretation will be poor, and I don't want that since I'm going to be playing it at a recital in 2 months. What a dilemma.
I believe my teacher is nuts, he wants me to play the etude 10-12, waltz op 64-2 in C minor, this coming may, he thinks I can do it with my current skill level.So far I've only done 20 hanon exercises, and aboout 21 czerny etudes and the only piece I know how to play properly was the invention no 8, and slowly working on invention 1 and K.545 sonata.Do you guys think that my teacher is over-estimating my skill? I'm really worried about how he sees me.
*A little side note for those who have been taught with hanon please read: after reaching exercise #20, my teacher skipped no. 21 to 38 and jumped to ex. 39, I mean, is this okay? Skipping exercises like that. Has any of you ever experienced this?
@Quantum - are you a teacher? You're ideas and insight are very helpful. Thank you,
re:Shortening of Rest - I'm finding it absolutley necessary, because I don't have enough discipline to wake without an alarm, as I tend to oversleep therefore shortening practice times (which is badly needed).