Two weeks practicing a piece, thought I had it down, until I wrote out what I was actually playing
So ive been drilling this one piece for roughly two weeks and going in i was pretty convinced i had it locked down clean. I record every practice session just to keep tabs on how its coming along, never really go back expecting to hear anything that would throw me off. then last week i figured id sit down and actually put one of those recordings into notation, mostly just to see how close what i played lined up with what was written.
And right there in plain sight was a half step wrong note, hitting in the same exact bar on every single pass through the piece. soon as i saw it written down i could hear it loud and clear, but for some reason every listen back before that it just sailed right past me. Got me thinking about something bigger than just patching up that one note though.
The space between what you think youre playing and whats actually coming out of the instrument is way wider than it feels, and im pretty sure no amount of just relistening would've flagged this for me. putting it on paper is what finally made it undeniable, my ears were straight up lying but the notation wasnt having it.