Today I’m returning to regular piano lessons, which have been somewhat discombobulated over the summer what with traveling and holidays that fall on Monday and traveling some more.
I’m currently getting to know the key called C# major. It’s got four sharps: F, G, C, D, which for the uninitiated means there are a lot of black keys involved. I’m working on a blues piece, and I really like blues. Which is compensation for all those sharps to remember.
Piano is a difficult instrument. Maybe others are too, but I have no first-hand experience with them. However, I have seven years’ worth of lessons and practicing and playing with my instrument, and this qualifies me as a late intermediate student. I’ll say I’m late!
At times I think about giving up, since learning piano is hard at this age. But what I’ve spent in terms of time and energy and money and — yes — even the price of a Kawai grand piano urges me on when I slump.
There are approximately 32 major and minor keys. The simplest is C major, which has no black keys involved. From there, each key adds a black key or two or three etc. So when you get to studying C# major you’re way beyond the usual pale. Looking at it that way, I’m well along the way.
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