After well over a decade of ceasing to formally learn and teach the practice of piano, I recently started playing again for my mental health and enjoyment. I decided to focus on the works of probably my favorite composer of all time, Frédéric Chopin, and took on the challenge of learning his first Ballade in G minor. After months of using my free time to learn the score and technique, I’ve come to a level of proficiency where I can play the entire piece from start to finish. Even with the passage of over a decade, I still recall perfectly many, if not most, aspects of piano performance because I once dedicated so much of my life to that training. There is a semi-climactic passage