Today I decided to record for the first time my Schumann Sonata. I play this piece for a month now, so it’s memorized and I worked a little on a details. It’s the beginning of the real work at this piece.
Issues:
- Wrong balance between left and right hand. Some of it may be because my mic is situated on the left side of the piano, but definitely it’s my fault too.
- There is too much noise in sixteens, not every phrase in middle voices is shown.
- I can’t hear the difference between piano and forte.
- I don’t play phrases melodically, there are articulation issues in them.
- There are too many mistakes.
- My fifth finger in right hand is too loud in the sixteen’s section before the start of development.
What is good?
- The pulse is almost good, the tempo changes at the end too.
- I’ve a good clarity and good articulation in sixteens - I would like to have the same articulation, but in piano.
- I think it’s the right tempo for me now and I don’t see any problems in playing it faster in a month (I want to achieve the Kempf’s tempo).
What to do?
- Work on phrases more, without sixteens
- Practice sixteens in piano - I still don’t know how to achieve that. Any ideas?
- Work on dynamics in phrases, build a dynamic’s structure of the piece.
- Play in middle tempo - no fast practicing.
- Fix the fifth finger issue (change of the techniques)
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