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Just my opinion, but I wonder if you’re using too fine a filter for these first few notes? In terms of rhythm, it’s certainly important to have stability, but all in the context of where the phrase is going, with inflection as well. And I wonder if at the moment, in just those first few notes, it might sound/feel uneven because it’s still being played a little out of context? Like once you put it into the full phrase, the direction of the phrase will be clearer, and the little micro-deviations from a theoretical ideal rhythm won’t be noticeable? This also speaks a bit to the idea of variable practice, and how it’s important to be able to play things in various ways around the ideal (faster, slower, with the inflection on this note or that note, or lingering more here or there, etc.)
