Performance by PaleBlueDot from Recital #37 - 2015-02-15

• Performer: PaleBlueDot
• Location: United States
• Experience: 1.5 years of lessons 20+ years ago; restarted a year ago with a teacher.
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Piece: Invention #13 in A minor
• Duration: 95
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• Music Source: Sheet Music (Henle Verlag, "Inventionen und Sinfonien", HN64)
• Instrument: Yamaha U3 upright
• Recording Method: Recorded with an iPhone with a Tascam iM2 microphone. Overall, I had a hard time getting this combination to sound right -- it sounds a bit mushy and seems to equalize the volume, and I had a hard time getting the dynamics to come out. (At least that's my excuse -- the dynamics surely can't be my playing, right? :-P) At least this gives me a good excuse to invest in a better recording setup....
• Info: This is my second recital submission and I ended up doing another Bach invention. This one seemed deceptively simple when I first heard it, but I found it harder than Invention 8 to bring up to speed. I think it needs more time to "settle into my fingers". In the end, I just went with a slightly slower speed where I had some semblance of control (well, to the extent that I have any "control" when playing Bach inventions, ha). Lunch was leftover salmon cakes with tartar sauce (yum). Thanks for listening!