Michel Giroux hi Michel,   yes it was intentional, after the experience of the last two weeks intensive where I had also very beginners I wanted to make the exercises easier since I did not know what is the level of the people who will sign up for my two weeks intensive. I wanted you all to be able to focus on the musical tasks and not to make it too complex with that more complicated pattern of the study number three.

Nijwm Bwiswmuthiary hi Nijwm,

I can understand your problem.

I will very soon upload a video about this rubato playing, I hope it will help you with your question being faithful to the composer.

And about this rhythmic and metre matter. You should always have a kind of inner matter which is actually our heartbeat. You can also try to walk gradually in a nice slow tempo to get this matter feeling. And we were walking you can also try to sing the melody of the peace because then you will never be flip out from it.

The rubato is actually nothing else but rit, acc, or tenuto. If you learn to play them gradually with very simple exercises focusing on this musical factors you can build up your rubato also better for the pieces.

If you don't know what you can do or what not musically you can still choose a version of professional musician who you like the most. And you can try to follow her or his flexibility and musical ideas. But try to experiment with it by  yourself as well. And of course it's crucial first to have the pieces technically good in your hands to be able to handle the musical issues. 

I hope I could help you a bit good luck! 

Michael Neverisky  hi Michael,

Thank you for your videos!

Exercise 1

Well done it was really good! From each version I found the second one a bit better because you tried to took the extremity as you said more dramatic which I liked a bit more. If you imagine it always before the execution it can help you to achieve the way right for the first time which you wish for.

Thank you

Michael Neverisky exercise 2

Your legato is really perfect. And I've found your thumb already the first time really nice. I was very happy to see that you are listening yourself during the playing since you decided to make another one because you were not satisfied with the first one. It means you have a self reflected behavior which is great and really necessary to achieve progress in our playing. And it was extra nice that second time you made it also musically beautiful.

Thank you 

Michael Neverisky exercise 3

It was even nicer than the second exercise. I don't think that you would need these legato exercises because yours is really perfect. And I was very glad that you took care of the musical execution again. 

I could hear the enter of each voice on the top line very clear which is not easy. So it was also musically very smart and nice flexible thank you! Great job

Michael Neverisky Exercise 4

It was very nice musically.

If you would like to make it even nicer a bit I would recommend to take a bit slower tempo where you can handel the timing more flexible, listen to yourself as you always do and try to build up the tension bit more. The feeling has to be like you would " Stretch the time ". The end could be a bit more released. You could hold back the tempo a bit more let's say make a bigger rit. to calm down the musical material. 

Thank you

Michael Neverisky exercise 6

Very nice, everything what you were doing is great! In my opinion you could exaggerate everything what you are doing to be even more impressive. We are just like theater actors we have to show musically everything at least three times more what we think would be enough. Because for the listener we have to make it very clear since they don't know our musical ideas. Try to take a bit slower tempo and enjoy this nice calm beautiful Melody , the musical flow. Just try to experiment with more extremities, come out from your comfort zone. 

Very nice job thank you