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Ah, because my previous practice videos have been only short excerpts from the third movement. I can see how that may be misleading though.

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​@@aa-id3hu "who puts a needle in a birthday cake?"

Good luck! Just takes (lots and lots of) practice and one can always get better 👏

Hah, I was thinking months, but thanks!

Thank you 🙂 I just started learning this piece so still need a ton of practice. The final version should be a lot more polished.

Thank you? Lol it is a Yamaha N3X which has the Yamaha CFX sound sampled in a more advanced way compared to an "average" digital piano. Expensive sound at a fraction of the price. I do really like the bass.

Fair point about the pedal, I will make a note for the future.

Thank you for your comment. I refrain from using pedal in general as I think it tends to muddle the notes, although it probably would help with the minor section in this piece. Also I agree about the speed, but that does not come overnight.

@@RaindropCantabile for what i saw, your regularity should allow you to boost the speed. I'm not a fan of the speed in general, but this piece actually needs it. The pedal muddles the notes and sometimes it could be an advantage to cover mistakes. Anyway, the second part definitely needs the pedal. It looks too much dry and poor of atmosphere without it. It's still a very good execution, considering you didn't edit the video

@@lightningfidelis2993 I did think the minor section was dry-sounding compared to recordings. I could try more pedal for a future version although as you can see, my focus is Baroque repertoire and I prefer clarity. Yes, still agree about speed and it is currently a goal of mine to get faster at scales. Takes time is all.

@@RaindropCantabile Dont waste your talent on baroque pieces. You can never fully grasp the mechanics with Bach Haendel etc. Plus, with a few exceptions, life is too short to learn anything other than Chopin:)

@@goktugblack Thanks for commenting, although I guess we’ll have to disagree on what “wasting one’s talent” entails. Chopin is great, but I prefer Bach.

You know, this isn’t even that fast, probably just around 100 bpm-child’s play for any professional pianist (and still very doable for an amateur like myself). If I were to speed up a video, why not go for something truly impressive like a Chopin Etude? Check out my practice videos; I practice scales regularly at 100 bpm which translates easily to pieces.

Thanks, but I’m quite happy with this version. Feel free to share your performance if you have specific points for improvement.

@@RaindropCantabile I am confused because today I listened this one again and it sounded totally different and I enjoyed it (as many of your other videos by the way) and did not feel the hesitations I heard at first listening that made me think you were still on practice with this partition... weird, I could have deleted my first comment but I prefer to add a new evaluation.

Thanks very much! It might sound even better with the guitar option on your instrument. Also, I was just checking out your rendition of the C Minor French Suite, there is so much musicality there that I wish I had.

@@RaindropCantabile You're welcome :) And yes, it's a good suggestion---if I ever get the music for this suite, then it'll be a focus of mine to learn and record it. Thanks for the kind words regarding the French suite, too---it means a lot! :D I hope one day to record it on an authentic harpsichord.

I feel the last part is too fast, but overall is the closest

Thank you very much for your kind words. I can’t claim to be great at dynamic control just yet, it is a work in progress, but I am glad to hear that the melodies are coming through clearly for this piece. As for popularity-not exactly what I’m aiming for, as long as the right audience can appreciate my content, that’s enough for me.

You are too kind : ) I am far from "super impressive", I can only hope to become that one day. You have some really nice stuff on your channel, it is great to meet another Baroque music enthusiast!

@@RaindropCantabile You're welcome! Anyone who can play Bach well is admired by me. I appreciate you for looking at my channel, too! Always great to meet others who love Early Music.

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Sure: C C F G Ab G F F F Bb Bb F G Ab G F Ab Ab F F C Db C (F F Ab Ab G Ab G F) included in parentheses = octave below; rhythm is as you hear.

Scholarly sources indicate that the Werckmeister temperament, a non-equal temperament that eliminates the problem of wolf fifths, was used in Bach’s time, and may well have been what was referred to as “well temperament”. This article has more information for the interested www.jstor.org/stable/739436.

Thank you : )

Merry Christmas, Chuan! 🎄🎉

Very kind, thank you :)

Thanks Chuan! I'm not using anything sophisticated, just my phone 🙂

1.25 is more like it.

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@@crystalic_heart so 2,75?