[Weekly Draft 7/10/24] Beethoven op. 109 - mvmt 1.5

second weekly draft!
again, self criticism in comments :)
#piano #beethoven #sonata

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0:08 - I play this rather robotically. I think a way of practice I'm going to keep referencing the method (start-stop) where you play a segment at tempo, pause, and then continue the next segment at tempo. Basically the idea is you do a lot of metronomic drilling to deal with passages like these so you don't do enough practicing of actually pausing for a breath. lots of practicing to make a jump quickly but it turns out that a lot of it looks like practicing to jump as quickly as possible when you want to actually control it
0:15 - I speed up on the F# E D#s and G F# Es. hmm.
0:21 - can this resolution in e minor be not blurry :|
0:26 - this is a good candidate for start-stop practicing - I think I need to pause for a split second on the B before coming in with the alto and tenor voices
0:32 - shaping could be a lot better; want to get to the C# E in the RH. probably should be the higher point of the phrase
0:34 - rushing the C# D E and D E F#, just like at 0:15
0:49 - another good candidate for start-stop practice. I should practice playing the first five notes of the measure and then waiting a breath and then coming in on BD DF#, which is the part that really matters for getting louder
1:01 - I got new fingerings for this but haven't figured them out properly yet :|
1:03 - how do I fix the RH counterpoint here? I think I should emphasize coming ins more ...
1:13 - my teacher said beethoven is giving us time by putting the grace note C C octave in the LH - I agree but didn't execute :| oops!
1:49 - wow that E is invisible! I think I have a thing where I diminuendo really quickly and don't catch the important note at the start of the next phrase.
1:51 - again, the G is more important than I'm giving it credit for, and the lower voices are too loud :|
2:01 - wow it's abundantly clear that I don't know what to do with those F#s LOL. i think maybe they should get louder?! probably?!
2:04 - clear trip. hmm i redid my fingering for the first iteration of this part - might be screwing with the way I play the second one. another candidate for start-stop practice
2:20 - that last C isn't pianissimo yet!
2:23 - just like 0:49
2:30 - gotta practice making those jumps to B B E. think i need to practice getting to the key and then playing it (slow tempo)
i always found those fast beethoven movements really really difficult ... this is no exception. 110-2 also really annoyed me. but this actually feels more doable haha