Since I started work I've really appreciated my hands and fingers. We do so much with them with emails, writing, drawing, hold, eat etc.
At the beginning of last year I had the urge to know how to play on the piano George Winston's arrangement of Pachebel's infamous Canon in D. So I started playing the piano after 10 years!
I still have not finished that initial task because I got distracted with other scores. However since then there has been stages where I am realising all that practice, all the technical stuff I did for 5 piano exams were worth it in the end. I hated the practice then, but now I really appreciate the lessons I had to go through.
Early this year I was disappointed at first that I was trained classically (instead of knowing how to play by ear, play chords, variations of chords, play on the spot by just reading chords). But I realise that it is better to have the technical background (classical piano teaches a lot of that) to move forward.
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Since I started trying to learn Rhythmic Patterns on the piano and picking up the acoustic guitar, all that training with scales etc. is helping me appreciate music and how it's framed so much more!
However if anyone is putting their kids through classical piano lessons, I highly recommend that they also get training how to play by ear with chords, patterns and variations of it. Because those who just hate the idea that they can only play by reading sheet music will dislike the classical training very much and not realise its importance.
I really appreciate my hands. God willing I hope they last many years.
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