I recorded this yesterday and I think I prefer it to the recording already on the site. What do you think? Chopin - Etude in G-flat major Op. 10, no. 5
Wow Pete! That is so fast!!! How do you get your fingers to move like that? :shock: What matters is that you like this version better than your other one, so I will replace it shortly.
Sheeyat........ Da SDC rulez 8) Seriously now Pete, just what are you trying to prove here ? Yeah, you're back in town, and that is good. But is it not time to relax and start making music ? That throw-away ending is just awful. IIRC your previous version was much more musical. Now wait until sejra has his say
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! I always start the practice session at exactly half tempo and one-quarter volume, paying extremely close attention to which notes to accent at full tempo. A most common mistake is to practice slowly and wrongly by placing too many accents in the music. I group the RH notes into blocks of 12, 24 (or in the case of bars 33-36) 48 notes, playing them as one motif. In my mind, I play it in 2/2 or even 2/1 time. If I may be so bold, Chopin erred in making the time signature 2/4 At full tempo, that metric division magnifies the difficulties and detracts from the fluid flurry of black keys, IMO. (I'd give anything to argue that one with him; I'd probably end up with a black eye!) Thanks Monica.
haha - that's funny what you said up above about arguing with Chopin. But I don't get the orange/lemon thing. I must be slipping - another joke that went over my head. This is up.
Oh, I was wondering if it was something like if you bite into an orange or lemon, the juice would hit you in the eye and you would then play faster! :lol: Yeah - I've seen that video, before. Silly stuff, but that's probably the only way I could play the piece!