[Thoughts/ Progress/ Mildly Interesting] Week 7: Recording yourself playing is sooo HARD!

Since my last class around 2.5 weeks back my progress has been really slow by like about a week. The plan was that 2 songs would take at most 2 weeks to to get right. But I was away for a week for my driving class so couldn't practice and then forgot (kind of) what I had practiced the weekend before.
Bagatelle took more than a week to practice - Thanks Anton! - which I underestimated. The good news is I finally do have it down. 

Today, I have been recording for like 2 hours and I always mess up something small. Its barely noticeable but I'm always in the pursuit of perfection. The last sentence brought back my manager's thought "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good", yeah but I'm gonna.
I keep the recording on and when I go back to see I play it well and then I spot the exact moment my mind goes "Oh that's going really well better not mess this last section up" and lo and behold, I end up forgetting the very next note.

Hmm, I can laugh about it now but its super frustrating in the moment. Anyway, the song sounds pretty good. "Amateurs practice till they get it right. Professionals practice till they cannot get it wrong". Perhaps I'm not as good yet. Not gonna give up yet for today and gonna try a few more times. I'm 100% confident it will be done. My next class is Thursday and I'm gonna try to get Long Long Ago done as well by then. Following that I know Ken (my instructor) has plans to assign my first Bach (!!!) piece. 
Stay tuned for my piano version of Bagatelle by Anton Diabelli.



 

  

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