i must say i am a piano prodigy
but people don't believe me
sometimes i can listen to a song
and as long as the chords are easy enough
i can figure out how to play it
both the melody and harmony
only problem is that it takes too long to figure out a whole song
so i'll only be able to play the beginning
nonetheless i can't say that i really know how to play the piano
esp since i can't read music per se
i know the scales...
but it takes me forever to read a "D" from a "G", etc
so then instead of reading music
i get people to teach me songs i like
(fur elise, canon, etc.)
and i'll play purely by memorization
and considering i have pretty good memory
playing by memorization is not bad
i mean...
how else did i learn my chinese if it weren't for memorizing characters from karaoke?
(true...my vocab is limited to "lovey-dovey" words
or "i'm so hurt break up" words
or "i'll wait for you until i wither away" words
but hey, it's not too shabby)
so yesterday i got maggie to teach me a new song
kiss goodbye
(lee hom, my man, my brother)
and i must say i picked it up just like that
and altho the magster is only 14
she even agrees that if i had taken lessons younger,
i would be a piano prodigy
correction, magster, i *am* already a piano prodigy
see how fast i learned the first page of my new song?
now as long as i don't forget
what i have learned until my next lesson
i'm all good
7 comments:
Knowing you all these years, I never knew you knew how to play the piano! Big kudos to you. How you memorize & visual the chords are amazing. I guess I'm more of a numbers person. Give me a spreadsheet and I'll do wonders. You tell me the title of a song and 2 days later, I'll ask you the same question. Music is definitely a talent (one that I don't have), maybe you can pick up a new hobby on the side? Very impressive VV8!! So, when are we going to play something for me?
PS - I just signed up for a blogspot acct. Maybe I'm just a dumbass, but it's so freaking complicated navigating here! I think it took an hour to write my first blog....no kidding.
One more thing, I meant to write "vvn" instead of vv8. Alright, I'll stop abusing your space.
I was lucky enough to hear
Chunk performed the
song "kiss my ears goodbye"
...
I meant "kiss goodbye"
I loved the first 4 notes of the song....
It's still ringing in my head...right now....
HELP HELP!!!
STOP THE MADNESS
very funny, copy
ha-ha
Montgomery College and NOVA both offer adult piano lessons. You should try it! Imagine how good you could be if you knew how to read music. You could be a even bigger prodigy.
yeah, but it's not that...
i could have just went to the same piano teacher my sister's been going to the past 7 years
it was always just a matter of finding time...which is only going to get worse...but thanks for the heads up
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