Friday, September 14, 2007

I Beat the Sun

Yes I did! I got my lawn project done yesterday evening before the sun disappeared beyond the horizon. This is partly due to the fact that I started earlier, partly because preparations were already done, and partly because the job didn't take as long.

I also practiced the piano some more. This time I dug out my old piano book from piano lesson days and started playing through the pieces I had mastered at some time in the distant past...over 10 years to be more precise. I was pleased that my fingers did a decent job of remembering their lessons. While I would hardly call my playing eloquent, at least I could keep a slow-but-steady pace up while sight-reading the notes. (A far cry from the "have-to-figure-out-every-note-on-the-page" pace I would adopt when seeing a new music piece previously.)

When, I wonder, did my piano playing improve so much in the last 10 years? I think it must have come from the experience of playing hymns at church all the time. While playing 5+ hymns a week doesn't seem like very much practice on the surface, multiply that by 10 years at 52 weeks a year and it starts to add up!

It has encouraged me to practice more at home...and I'm even daring to begin learning a new, substantial piece of music on my own. I would like to find another piano teacher, but the one I'm most interested in doesn't teach after working hours. Not that I blame him for that!

I am also going to have to get my home piano fixed. It has some keys that don't work properly and really does need to be tuned!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll teach you! Or maybe the distance is a bit prohibitive. *sigh*

Have fun practicing & getting a new sound to your piano. Next time I see you, you'll have to play for me. :D

Juliana said...

I might just take you up on that offer. Even a lesson once every few months would be better than none at all. And just think of all the time I would have to practice between lessons!