The Xn asks Leisure First.
Click to viewSo, about three months after I was given them for my birthday, I seem to have hopefully found someone who will give me piano lessons! Hooray!... Wouldn't want to rush something like this, you know? I was given a couple of recommendations by my friend Richard, but they were all either full with students, or not even teaching anymore. Always something to look for when searching for a piano teacher, I find. But it seems I have finally found one! He said we could meet up and listen to where I'm at, and then discuss what I'm looking for and if he can give that to me... I have to admit, I'm excited!
So, in a similar idea to this, I've decided to make a quick video of the sort of level I'm at before lessons. It's mainly "The Heart Asks Pleasure First", the theme from The Piano, but I was feeling pretty happy at how well I managed to do the play through, so there's a couple of little tiddly Ben Folds and Bachs at the end. Hopefully some time later I can do an after. And hopefully the after will be better... Because I had a few amusing stuff ups. But, if you'll permit me a moment of sheer egotism, I don't think it turned out too badly. Especially seeing as it's recorded on a lower range photo camera, not a video camera. Admittedly the sound quality's not great. And for some reason the contrast is surpisingly bad. Turned up fine on my camera itself...
One thing I'd really like is to learn to let my hands move far more fluidly over the keys than they do now. I tried to find a good place to put the camera so that it would have a nice view of my hands, so you could see what I mean, but my shelves are just in the wrong spot. Ain't it always the way? The top shelf you can't see them at all, but the bottom shelf is too low, meaning that though you can see my hands, you can't actually see them moving at all. It's very sad. So I decided to just go with the top shelf, and let you marvel at my dashingly handsome dashing handsomeness.
Now, you might say: Christian, aren't you afraid that calling to mind this might jynx your attempts to learn piano? But I think, since those days, I seem to have been able to find ways of overcoming that scarily dangerous element of self-criticality. Plus, piano lessons I'd be on my own and so wouldn't have anyone to compare myself with. Plus of course it's piano, which I love, as opposed to drawing, which I like but really am more interested in than passionate about. So it should be sweet, I think!... I'm excited :)