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Sonia Connolly ([personal profile] sonia) wrote2015-05-05 09:34 pm

Playing piano for others

I've been taking piano lessons for nearly 5 months now (wow, the weeks piled up fast!). My teacher gathers her adult students occasionally to play for each other, and I played a short little Latvian folk song in 5/8 tonight. Not perfectly, but I did it. They were all kind, warm people, with a range of skills and performance anxieties.

We all went around to introduce ourselves, and most people had played a bit as kids and then come back to it in their forties, and then again at retirement. I wonder if I'll follow that pattern (except the kid part) or stay with it. One woman looked to be around 80. I want to be learning new things when I'm 80!

I'm liking this focus on music.
jesse_the_k: Feet in piano keyboard socks and black patent leather flats (shoes are key elements)

[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2015-05-06 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Music is the gift that always keeps giving!