Piano Project

Last Sunday, riding high on piano fumes from the night before, I bought a keyboard.

I grew up learning bits and pieces of music theory from my sister, but even then I really just picked things up by ear. Never really did the whole piano classes scene, at least not for any significant period of time.  When I left home for school, I’m sorry to say what few skills I had gathered fell into extreme disuse. So I’ve started a new project for the chilly months ahead. I’m starting from the beginning. After spending the past 2 months waking up to someone banging out the one French Christmas carol they know over and over again on the piano in the apartment above, I’m ready to get my revenge. Haven’t advanced up to Christmas carols just yet, but they’re getting their fair share of chords and scales, lemme tell ya. Keeping myself sane and focused with the few songs I have in the ol’ storehouse, but the point is to really understand this instrument for a change. Learning how to read music without a hesitation. Recognizing key signatures. I’ve got the lingo, but not the know-how. Time to put it into practice.

So far, so good. Slow going for sure, and I’ve actually brought out the flash cards to help with sight reading, but the excitement definitely outweighs the whole feeling-like-a-second-grader feeling, even though I’m still working out a few kinks in “When the Saints Go Marching In.”