Today is a milestone in my piano-playing life. I have arrived at the greatest conclusion that: I am not going to practise piano anymore.
Yes, you read that right! I am not going to practise piano anymore, the reason being I am going to start making music. My greatest psychological barrier in practising piano all these years was the chore that such a task entails. Playing the piano seems like such a mechanical action, you can only hit the piano keys, and the hammers, well, hammer the strings. There is direct nuance you can achieve from, say, vibrating a string/air flow to achieve vibrato for increased tension or controlling bowing to control the sound you make. And percussion being the 'effects' section, it sort of IS the point to be dramatic, something I always found extremely hard to achieve on such a mechanical instrument as the piano.
(Yes, I know NOW that different touches on the piano can achieve a variety of tone colours and a piano can be as expressive as any other string or wind instrument; but hey, I only learnt of this in the past two years and I have been playing the piano for about 13 years now, so...)
I am no longer going to practise piano! I am not even going to practise making music. Instead, each time I play, I should in fact BE making music. Every time I touch the piano now, I must have the intention of creating music. No more hammering away at the piano pointlessly anymore! From now on, I shall only make music (: and if I like what I hear, I will be more likely to play more often, and my playing will in turn improve! Without needing to practise! :D Hah.
Today is a milestone in my piano-playing life. I have arrived at the greatest conclusion that: I am not going to practise piano anymore.
Yes, you read that right! I am not going to practise piano anymore, the reason being I am going to start making music. My greatest psychological barrier in practising piano all these years was the chore that such a task entails. Playing the piano seems like such a mechanical action, you can only hit the piano keys, and the hammers, well, hammer the strings. There is direct nuance you can achieve from, say, vibrating a string/air flow to achieve vibrato for increased tension or controlling bowing to control the sound you make. And percussion being the 'effects' section, it sort of IS the point to be dramatic, something I always found extremely hard to achieve on such a mechanical instrument as the piano.
(Yes, I know NOW that different touches on the piano can achieve a variety of tone colours and a piano can be as expressive as any other string or wind instrument; but hey, I only learnt of this in the past two years and I have been playing the piano for about 13 years now, so...)
I am no longer going to practise piano! I am not even going to practise making music. Instead, each time I play, I should in fact BE making music. Every time I touch the piano now, I must have the intention of creating music. No more hammering away at the piano pointlessly anymore! From now on, I shall only make music (: and if I like what I hear, I will be more likely to play more often, and my playing will in turn improve! Without needing to practise! :D Hah.
jo-
cries,
spams,
whines,
hyperventilates,
melts,
sublimes,
fan-girls,
goes hysterical,
is ultimately inefficient,
oversleeps,
and eats bread.
<3 st nicks
parmalat!
2pm
anime
floorball (though i'm not in it)
wind chimes
bass guitar
kajiura yuki
artemis fowl
fantasy
coffeebean mocha.latte.blackforest.cake.
spiders
showers
honour roll-
ion (my double bass)
tamby! (my tambourine)
cassandra black
marmalade heart
hakuryu v 1.3 (my phone)
millefeuille (my revived laptop :D)
caramel (my piano)
mantoushoutaomomo (the Lala)!
crabstick Ang ku kueh (the Splurge)!
koroke, (the takoyaki-flavoured tofu (no longer) hanging on my spoilt phone)
Because I have dementia...
