Piano

[fenchurch]

I have found as I've gotten further and further into my piano lessons that I absolutely love playing through new music for the first time... in particular, fresh music that is just a tiny step above my current level of competency. It's both invigorating and tiring, and I can't get enough of it.

And the really cool part is that after I've played a piece like that, I can go back immediately to an older piece I've been working on and just play it right through smoothly... and there's a certain level of energy involved in that too. Of course, then I usually have to shut the keyboard off and step away, because I wasn't kidding about the tiring part -- it can be almost physically draining to work through a new piece of music. And yet I feel all bouncy at the same time.

So, so glad I decided to finally just do it when it came to piano lessons, after all those years of thinking about it. And I can't believe I only started them less than eight months ago...

Comments

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I'm glad you're enjoying the piano so much.

You'll find you get more and more stamina as you progress. One of my favorite things to do is to sit down late at night and just play for a couple of hours. You're exhausted, but you sleep so well afterwards!