At first I was angry at both my mother and the teacher who was teaching me. In fact when she asked me during my first lesson why I wanted to play piano I said I didn't. However as my first moth of piano was ending I realized that whether I wanted to continue or not was ultimately not going to be up to me, so I decided to make the best of it. My piano teacher was definitely one of the reasons that I decided to try more. She was very kind and patient and I thank her for that constantly because I can only imagine having to deal with a 8 year old who hated ,playing piano for an hour at at time. As the first month turned into a year I was gradually getting better. This was when my teacher told me about recitals.
Up until this point I was happy to suffer alone. That being said my teacher had yet to tell me about the recitals. My teacher was very involved in the community and as a result she was able to get all of her students places to preform. Over the course of my 8 years of lessons I preformed in over 16 different recitals and as my skill improved my love of playing the piano increased as well.
In 9th grade I made the decision to stop taking lessons. And while I still spent lots of the years not entirely enjoying my experience I still am still happy I took them. I think taking piano lessons was definitely a interesting hobby to have and a skill that taught me how to dedicate time to a task and how to forge through the things that I don't like doing.
Piano is a lifelong skill, and it's really good that you have this ability to play and enjoy it for the rest of your life! I have a similar experience with piano. I began lessons when I was really young as well, and honestly it was only when I started to get good that I began to appreciate it. I might be wrong, but you seem to have mixed feelings about piano. I can relate to this a little. I love piano because it's been with me for my whole life, and I'm pretty good at it which gave me a lot of confidence growing up. But, practicing has always been long and difficult, especially since high school started and I just don't have the time to continue improving in my playing.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought of being one of those master pianists who are able to play any song without looking at a music sheet. Eventually I realized that getting that good would take a ton of practice that I had no motivation for doing. I think its really nice how you tried to make the best out of the lessons you were reluctant to take.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that, even if you did not entirely like playing the piano itself, the experience of it gave you something valuable. I remember hearing you play once in 8th grade and I thought it was extremely impressive. Maybe it could even become something that you revisit in college or later in life at a different time.
ReplyDeleteI think it's really interesting that you used to take piano lessons! I took them when I was younger, too. I don't remember much from them, just that I was really young and didn't enjoy them. I ended up quitting after around 2 years, and looking back on it now, I wish I would've kept with it. Piano is a great hobby to have!
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