I’ve been dreaming of
posting videos of me playing the keyboard on this blog. But given the phase
I’ve been in lately, I just don’t seem to have the drive to finally get round
to it.
And then one day I came to
realize that setting aside that “dream” for so long might eventually lead me to
just write it off, so much so that I’d probably do the same to my other to-do
blog entries. Needless to say, of course I don’t want that to happen.
So today – armed with
renewed enthusiasm – I’m setting out Piano Week. I will be recording a
preselect song each day of this week, meaning seven different songs for seven
days. Moreover, I will provide simple illustrations (which I made myself) to teach you how to play
some of them. It’s not that I’m good enough to be a piano teacher because you
see I’m light-years away from being one , but I think it’ll be all the more fun
and fulfilling on my part to be able to share what I know with those who are
just starting to learn the piano just like me.
I want to make it clear,
though, that it was through classpiano.com by Regan Starr that I was able
to learn the first six songs – not to mention almost all of the songs I know –
that I’ll be having here. And I’d be remiss if I just go about this seven-day
challenge without expressing first my sincerest gratitude to the site’s owner. So, .
Moving on, here’s my Piano
Week’s first song, "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri. I once heard a piano-cello
cover of this song and very much liked the “transition” (dunno if that’s the
correct term for it) before the second part of the intro. So here you’ll be
seeing and hearing me play my interpretation of that “transition,” which is
actually made up of just two keys.
Haiku 18 and 19
7 years ago
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