Week 3: Music is Music! 🎉

Luciano Salvatore Well done, Luciano. I think my personal record for number of takes is in the fifties! I get really stubborn sometimes, which is not the best mindset for creating beautiful music.

That said, you played quite beautifully here. It is a very difficult piece, and much of it is sounding great. Obviously there are a few spots that need some work, but you clearly have the ability to play it all very well with practice. I hope we get to hear an update (or two, or three, etc.), either here or in the practice diary!

Eric Phillips thanks Eric, any suggestions on how to practice is welcome! I cut it in small pieces and basically repeat endlessly at different metronome speeds. 

Luciano Salvatore Despite what Jack said above, I am no master at practicing! Obviously, you want to take one small thing at a time. Find a measure, or even just part of a measure, that you cannot execute cleanly. Then analyze the problem: What exactly is it that is difficult to do? Is there something that could make it less difficult (such as another fingering, more efficient motion, use of guide finger, etc.)? Could a short exercise be created that isolates the difficult movement? Then, once you know the problem, you slowly solve it by practicing it VERY slowly, only speeding up once the movement can be done cleanly and consistently at the slower speed.

All this said, I generally lack the discipline to do all of this myself.

Luciano Salvatore you're doing great Luciano, I hope to hear you again in a few days or week.