Thanks for your kind word.
diretonic Did you use a foot switch to get it to start and end on cue?
I loaded the backing track into audacity and set it to overdubbing when recording. (Don't remember the exact name of the setting.) As soon I press the record button, audacity starts playing the backing track and opens a 2nd track that records my own playing. This allows to listen to the backing track all the time. I can adjust my inner clock and start whenever I want.
After recording, I have both tracks perfectly synchronized, do some volume adjustments, and I can cut the backing track both in the beginning and the ending.
I have all options, here: remove the backing track with sharp cuts, or by fading. I could even make the backing track to a pause for a few bars, if I wanted.
diretonic The octaves LH in that dreaded middle bit work fine. Was that one of your mods?
The LH was part of the arrangement I used. The one thing I changed in the LH were the upper octave notes. In the arrangers tutorial, those notes were played with full 8th duration. But the arranger said, those notes are meant to mimic a hi-hat. So I played them shorter, I slapped them like a percussionist would do. Call it staccato if you want^^
diretonic Your final gesture made me chuckle (what does it mean? ).
It meant: Yes - I got an error free recording - FINALLY 😂 (we beginners need more takes)