As you’re learning to play/phrase a piece of music, listen to how others do the same work. If you hear some part of someone else’s phrasing/interpretation that you like, incorporate it into your playing. The fact that you like it means that it resonates with your own musical thought—it’s already a part of your own interpretation. This differs from “copying,” which is imitating something when you don’t necessarily agree or are convinced by it. Audiences won’t be convinced either.
Look to others for inspiration. What is our own interpretation but a mix of what we like in others’?
I had a guitar lesson today. My teacher and I went through Bach’s “Presto” from his first violin sonata (BWV 1001) transcribed for guitar. This is what I learned.
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