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feels like its been forever, well, at least a month anyway. since i practiced the piano. (sorry natalie, ive been bad at getting to it, sorry)
but tonight, while my son and husband both attend to their scout positions (sons in troop 42, of oklahoma) / (hubbys the 11 year old scout master) ill be resuming my piano lessons. im not all that goos, but i seem to have the ability to lean the piece and then play it strictly by ear (of course this after about 20 run throughs, and repetitions).
i havnt learned really how to read any notes yet...i gauge off the MIDDLE C note where my fingers are supposed to be, and this seems super simple, and theres always a pattern, but for some reason, i cant see the pattern.
i missed my recital for december, i was working on doing THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, and really didnt feel that confident that i could do it in front of tons of people and succeed at it, as if i wasnt winging it, i have terrible nerves when i think of people judging me because of my talent, and im not sure why.
i did try, tho, i tried hard to learn that piece, i just COULDNT get my left hand to figure out some minor change ups with 2 notes (maybe it was 3) . and it kept throwing me off.
im making a promise to myself, to learn that piece! gonna know it by the NEXT recital, in the spring (joy.)
i want to do a U2 piece for that one. maybe ill have to find it now, so i can have allot of time to be practicing it.
not sure WHICH one i want to do, but i have only a FEW U2 songs i love to listen too, over and over again.
one is ONE, another is WITH OR WITHOUT YOU, and another is SOMETIMES YOU CANT MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN, while another is: ALL I WANT IS YOU.
i think..WITH OR WITHOUT YOU might be the easiest...ill have to find a book of U2 in piano, so i can look these pieces over and see if i cant fnd a pretty easy one.
craigs shcedule at work has changed and we cant do the monday evening lessons anymore, because it pushes him too hard to get home. he takes about 45 minutes to get home from work, and MY lesson was around 6:30 his was 7pm.
we could still learn, i guess, hed have to come home to get me, to go over to natalies house for that half hour.
so, tonight i resume, my practicing.
i feel allot more relaxed than i did in december. december was just SOOO hectic with so much going on...i didnt feel like i ever had a break. but thats behind us now. and were in a NEW Month, January..and there isnt so much pressure on me to do so many things...
maybe one day, ill make my grandmother proud. have learned the piano, and fulfilled a dream she had for me (to some degree) telling me because of my long fingers i should learn to play, because i had the hand for playing.
grandma, i hope i make you proud.,
