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Speed is always more important than any kind of feeling. I mean, what were you expecting to hear? As someone who isn't much of a speed player I will say this: People waste their time trying to put some phantom idea of "feeling" into their playing. Feeling really has to do with two things: the notes played; and the phrasing. If you play music that has been written well, you've already got part of the magical "feeling", the next part is to develop phrasing so that you learn how to accentuate the important notes in a passage, and play smoothly. Do not fall into the trap of assuming that to play with feeling means to bend the bloody g stringand play with sloppy sentimental sounds. Listen to Bach; you will find tremendously rich music that relies on huge technical ability in order to bring out the important sense of the music. No amount of feeling will help if you don't have the technique to voice it properly, withouth cliches.