@xHal1

6 months ago

It’s interesting. His approach to piano is how I’ve approached ukulele and guitar my whole life - legitimately only looking at chord and tab charts to play the music, never knowing what actual notes make up a chord or WHY they make up that chord. I’ve really only recently realized how sucky this approach has been at the age of 31. I’m learning to play piano for the first time and starting at the bottom, learning how to read music. I’m not going to lie, it’s hard for me. But, it is vital. C Major scales with both hands? My god, how tricky is THAT? I really think leaving things like that out and expecting that someone could play moving chords with the right hand while “spamming” keys on the left hand is kind of extreme. Although grueling, I know that being able to do a C major scale with both hands will allow me to really connect both my hands and it will eventually click. Getting that down will set me up to really get other movements down. Honestly, I got really excited the first time I was able to do the C Major scale in each hand separately for the first time. There is still joy in learning the fundamentals. Then again, I’m only on day 4 or so, so I’m sure that will change. 😂 On the other hand, I do think it’s fun to every now and then learn something random. I did learn how to play the intro to a song with relatively basic chords. I still do not remember the names of those chords, the notes I’m hitting while playing, and why it all works. It’s interesting because I do know the notes, I just have to stare at the keys before I’m certain. I just think learning this new instrument is breathing new life into me and even learning how to read music is fun for now. I think it’s really going to open up my guitar and ukulele skills as well.

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