u/Justtrying04

I’m trying to make sense of what rubato is all about to avoid my playing sounding too boring. I get that it’s about finding a feel for the music and adding emotion but as someone who apparently lacks musicality I struggle to understand what that means in more tangible terms.

I know rubato is about staying in time but taking a little extra time here and giving it back there, and so on. But I seem to fall straight into fairly repetitive patterns and I’m unsure how to navigate that.

The other issue is when does rubato simply change crotchets into quavers or dotted crochets or even minims. I’m finding it very hard to comprehend