Yes, I've been practicing. I just haven't been posting. So here's a quick post, then I need to get to work on my novel critiques for class. Lately I've been focusing on the Bach Prelude in C#-major. This is the "deceptively easy" piece. This is the piece that is "ridiculously easy" compared to its companion, the C#-major fugue. Thing is, a lot of things are "ridiculously easy" compared to the C#-major fugue. The Prelude is tricky. It's complex in places. It's miraculous. It's moving. It's Bach . 'Nuff said. I can play it through, at a relatively slow tempo. I know this piece very well--I've marveled at the simplicity of the chords and progressions, I've memorized the fingering as well as I've ever memorized anything, and I've played individual measures and sections a million times. If it were simply a matter of playing the notes, I would be 80% there, with "tempo" as my primary remaining goal. A...
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