Days 1–7
Review, feedback and result
Before recording this review, I completed every task assigned for Days 1–5: score preparation, mental practice, physical integration, phrasing, musical form, timing, and artistry.
All practice journeys
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor
Movement III — Middle section
In review · 3 videos
A review-and-result account of the middle section, recorded in two stages after the daily work was completed.
This practice journey follows Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Movement III — Middle section in review, across 2 stages. Each stage moves from the first study of the score and mental practice through physical integration at the piano to technical refinement, memorization and artistry. It closes with the finished performance.
This sequence follows the daily development of one piece. It is not a collection of isolated lessons. Follow the stages in order to see how the complete practice process develops over time.
The practice journey
Days 8–12
Review, feedback and result
Before recording this review, I completed all the assigned work through Day 12: artistry Steps 1 and 2, elbow-motion refinement, repetition and memorization, complete playthroughs, refinement of technically challenging passages.
The resulting performance
The middle section, in performance
An excerpt from the complete third-movement performance, beginning at the middle section.