being able to play the entirety of clementi op36 no1 from memory, despite never having had anyone teach me how to play it
tbh at this point in my life, you could play a few bars from literally any movement anywhere in op36 and I would be able to tell you which sonatina it comes from, if not the tempo/name of the specific movement
fondly remembering every single time I taught a clementi op36 sonatina to a student where I squinted at the finger numbers, then immediately made a face and started scribbling on their music like "nah this fingering is bullshit here's how I do it"
piano fingering literally does not fucking matter except in cases of
- making a piece easier to play
- competition
and that's fucking it. baroque composers eat my ass
