![]() As we mentioned there is no rush (Peyton, aside!). The major "hump" is that first page because it is so tricky.fingering-wise. To those you are just starting, please don't be scared away. I know the polishing will take time, but still your progress is super. And some of you are already half-way to two-thirds through. We only started in earnest on this piece a little over a week ago. Holy Cow! All of you are doing so wonderfully. This morning I tried to play it from memory and couldn't even get past measure 9. I always have a habit of speeding up what ever it is I'm working on and finishing a good deal faster than I started. I'm also wondering about the tempo of the piece? I have four versions on cd and some others downloaded from various sources and it's interesting to hear how some play it verrrry slowly and others a bit faster. I'm going to have to do some real listening to figure out how to get from the crescendo of 70-75 to the quite of 76. Major trouble spots for me look to be remembering the differences between the various runs in measures 4-23 and 79, remembering the pattern in 64-67. It was not smooth, I messed up measures 64-67 (why I can't remember the pattern is beyond me) and of course tried to play measure 9 with a roll (muscle memory heck) but normally I can't even remember how to start the piece much less get all the way through it so this was a real milestone. Last night I surprised myself and actually played it by memory all the way through the storm to measure 75. When she gets up to leave is when I put on a cd to hear how Pogorelich plays it. Ha, my dog lies under the piano all the way through the piece. Even though I was playing very softly and slowly those ominous chords apparently give her the willies. My corgi, Mindy, who usually ignores my playing, won't stay in the same room with me when I practice the "storm" bit.
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