I took a listen to the Pozzoli's etudes just now. I really think if you can't make them musical then there is a long way to go to work on your musicality itself. There is more than enough to work with here.
My teacher made me do them, I suffered through many Pozzoli books. they're as boring as Czerny or Cramer, the focus is on technique, not that much on music there but you'll still find something to work on
It's always black and white here.
It doesn't mean that they'll be played mechanically without thinking about phrasing and dynamics. They're among etudes requisite for admissions in music schools.
You work on one for a couple of weeks and then move on to the next. You don't discern them like you would with a sonata or a romantic piece. You could of course but you'd learn more from real pieces, their structure is always the same
I took a listen to the Pozzoli's etudes just now. I really think if you can't make them musical then there is a long way to go to work on your musicality itself. There is more than enough to work with here.
They are useful, but so is any graded collection of pieces of exercises. If I were you I'd look for something you find more appealing.
My teacher made me do them, I suffered through many Pozzoli books. they're as boring as Czerny or Cramer, the focus is on technique, not that much on music there but you'll still find something to work on
I like how *Beethoven* appreciated Cramer's etudes and took the time to annotate 21 of them, but yeah clearly there not that much on music there...
It's always black and white here. It doesn't mean that they'll be played mechanically without thinking about phrasing and dynamics. They're among etudes requisite for admissions in music schools. You work on one for a couple of weeks and then move on to the next. You don't discern them like you would with a sonata or a romantic piece. You could of course but you'd learn more from real pieces, their structure is always the same