This situation repeats itself often. I practise a piece and record it. My teacher says, "Great job, just fix this and that." I practise the pointed-out parts, the whole piece, and start recording again. On day 1, I try a few times but make random mistakes. No hurry, I think, and try again on day 2. I make one recording that’s maybe okay, though I know there’s hesitation at a crucial moment, so I plan to try again tomorrow. This continues for days, and I slowly start to wonder if I’m actually getting worse instead of better.
This situation repeats itself many times. I practise a piece and record it. Great job, my teacher says, you just need to fix this and that. Fine I think, I practise the pointed-out parts, the whole piece, and start recording again. On day 1, I make a random mistake here and a random mistake there. No worry, I think, there is no hurry. I make one recording that is maybe okay, but actually I know it is not good enough, so I plan to try again tomorrow. This continues for days, and I slowly start to wonder if I’m actually getting worse instead of better.
I am!!
Getting worse!!
And today I finally understood why.
When making a recording I don't work with my random mistakes any more.
So instead, I learn them.
After five days, the mistakes are no longer random. They are repeated, and I need to sit down and work with those passages that I could play perfectly two weeks ago.
I don't really feel like it, but I have to.
And hopefully, next time when I am in the same situation, I'll be more alert and stop myself in time from learning my mistakes...