"Piano & I". It is an Alicia Keys' song, from her first album "Songs in A minor".I do not really like Alicia Keys or that song. What I like is the meaning: Piano and I. It is how I feel when I sit in front of my piano. It is, I play the piano.
I have an upright piano, and I love it. It is my first piano. Well, in fact, I first had a keyboard. But this is my first string piano. But my dream is to have a house with a big sitting room to put a big grand piano in the middle, with a maroon velvet sit, as brilliant as the piano.
I have been taking piano lessons for several years and I arrived at the point where you have to decide if you want to dedicate your life to play the piano, and spent a minumum of six hours per day perfecting your skill. I decided not to do this. I think I know enough to play the piano when I feel I need to play it. It is just a way to relax and enjoy the music. I like play the piano, but it is not my life. I think it is better: it is part of my life, and I can choose when or why to play it.
I have composed some songs. I let my feelings escape through my fingers and... a few sounds become a "song". Then, I put the notes on the stave. It is weird to see how, when you are sad, the new song is slow and low, and when you are happy, it is faster and more high-pitched.
Most of my songs are very bad, I admit it. But they are mine, and I like them, because they are my one's day mood or thoughts. And some of them are not so bad.
The truth is that I do not know how to compose. I would like it, but I do not know. It is like poetry. You have to be born with the talent. You can learn, but it will never be the same as people who have the talent.
And I do not have the talent to compose.
But I can play my piano.
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dfreixen@xtec.catI understand your feelings for the piano and the problem to have to decide if you want to dedicate your life to play the piano. Some years ago, my daughter lived the same situation and he chose to follow her career as well. I think you have a treasure.
Difficult decision. I have a friend of mine who was on the same crossroad some years ago. She finally decided to continue studying piano. Nowadays she is in Utrech (Netherlands) doing something like a post graduation course. Her dream is to find a place in a famous orchestra but she knows that’s something very difficult. In fact, I sometimes think she is working very very hard and probably she will not have a final reward. Probably you have been in the same crossroad but, as I see, you have chosen another way different from my friend. Sincerely, I think you have taken the right way. The musicians’ world involves a very big sacrifice in your life and sometimes this sacrifice is for nothing.
Il-Kommentatore!! Write something on your blog, so we'll be able to answer your comments.
I've really liked your text... It's important to find YOUR instrument, and people who haven't done it is loosing a very special thing...but sometimes music engages ourselves in a foolish way...!
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Hi Harlequin!
Thank you for leaving a message at my blog.
I like the pictures on your blog specially the one of the piano.
As for the text I think the same as lolaenglish you have a treasure.
I know what you mean by heart
yes... difficult dicision. when I was I chils i always wanted to play the piano. It sounds really good.
Hi, Harlequin. I have said in some previous comments to other people, I will only make comments (that´s why I'm called Il Kommentatore). If you want to write something for me just do it in your own page as a comment. All of you are controlled by Il Kommentatore ;-)
Ok Il-kommentatore! Sorry, I didn't read the comment where you say that.
Yes, surprisingly enough I had read your post but I had not written any comment. Probably I was fascinated by your words and did not pay too much attention to your mistakes. There aren't many and I am sure some of these are careless mistakes.
Here they are:
-I can choose when or why TO play it.
-I do not know HOW to compose.
-You have to BE born with the talent.
-but it will (0) never be the same as people... (NO DOUBLE NEGATIVE IN ENGLISH!!)
When I told you "I know what you mean" it was literal, because I left my piano career at fifth and I always regreted my decision.
Because there is that moment that thre are too many hours as you said and in my case I wasn't good enough or perhaps it was I wasn't hard-working enough? bouth.
A good friend of mine, who really was a gifted child he was a child prodigy for xemple at five he played concerts, did only a piano'career and he regreted now for that.
I thing a good advise it's: whatever decision you do, it's the best because it's yours
Hi, I'm sorry but I'm afraid that the picture from India is not mine, it is from internet, but I have got a lot of pictures from India, because I have been there three times.
I really like your blog, and especially de post about The piano, I have never been in a situation like that, but after all, in my opinion you are a lucky person because sometimes I vould like express my feelings playing an instrument.
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