Promise you won’t tell anyone? Actually some of you already know, but…shhhh…
I play the piano…a little. I’m not great or really even good anymore, but I love to play…for myself. It’s like therapy and a distraction from life’s drama. A place where I can escape and only think about the notes on the page and the “music” coming from the keys.
I took piano lessons from a very talented young woman beginning in middle school. I don’t remember how long I took lessons for, maybe through high school? I enjoyed learning to play, but HATED the classical stuff mostly because I was a teenager who wanted to learn music that I heard on the radio. AND the piano concerts to show off my skills…HATED, didn’t want to do them and may have even refused. Brenda (the very talented young woman) was a saint because I was a P.I.T.A. I wasn’t much into performing for others and really just wanted to play for me. I’m still that way. I don’t mind playing at the house when its just my immediate family, but I.will.not.perform.for.others. Just not my thing. A waste of “talent”? I think not. 🙂
So…Recently I learned something new. Something I knew about, but didn’t know the “how”. Something that IF I learned earlier in life, I don’t remember learning it. Something I saw my little brother, who also took piano lessons, do which made me wonder, but I never pursued. What is it?
I’ve started to learn chords…sounds basic right? Well, let me tell you what. This allows me to play “fake” or what people call “fake”, but I think it’s awesome! I’m not memorizing ALL of the chords out there, BUT if there’s a song I like, I will learn the chords AND since I already know how to play, the melodies are EASY! Voila! I can “fake” my way through a song in no time AND I sound like I’m playing really well, but in reality it’s all relatively EASY! Why did I not try this earlier in my life? It’s so much less stressful than learning every note for the right and left hand on a peice of sheet music. Woot Woot!
Now I play every day because it’s just fun and easy.
Shhhh…don’t tell Brenda LOL And in case you’re wondering…I will still not play for others…it’s a me thing. 🙂
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