Steinway Grand Piano
When I was a kid, I really loved pianos, mainly because my family owned a piano store, and my Nana could really tickle the ivories. I always wanted to take lessons, but even though my Nana taught piano since before I was born, she could never find the time to teach me – so I never really learned.
Throughout my life, I have learned to pick out a song or two by ear, but I’m really not that good at it. I can read music, but verrrrrry slooooowly, so that doesn’t work either, unless I just memorize it.
The summer I turned 14 years old, I went to stay with my aunt for a few weeks at a Christian camp in Linden, Tennessee, (Camp Linden). While I was there, a very nice boy taught me to play Beethoven’s Für Elise – and I can still remember how to play most of it. But I don’t get to practice much, as I don’t even have so much as a small keyboard anymore.
My dream is to someday have a Steinway grand piano, like the one pictured above. My Nana had one and it sounded so beautiful when she played it. I doubt I’ll ever be able to afford such a luxury, and even if I did, where would I put it?
So, I ask you…
What is something you wish you had learned to do earlier in your life? Leave a comment below and let us know!
I wish I had taken up art a lot sooner I’m a very late bloomer didn’t become active in drawing etc… til my 30s
I grew up in a house with a piano I wasn’t able to sit still although my mother had a neighbor try to teach me I too can read music but mary had a little lamb is as far as I got lol, if your interested there is a virtual keyboard you can play just like a real one well maybe not real but use your keyboard to play http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm
TC Lisa aka diva42
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