Originally Posted by: KasperowYeah, didn't go quite as well as I had hoped for, though... But, the important part of it is that I learned an important lesson: I really suck at keeping my pace steady. Most of the time, I just slowly accelerated in speed, against my will...

I should try paying more attention to the decades-old advice of practicing with a metronome, I guess...

one other thing you learned: You'll never feel like you played your best. don't let it stop you. keep going and it'll get MUCH better. the more you do it the more everything will get better. :)