Starting Something New(ish)

Time Practiced: I cleaned the house today, and my allergies won't allow it. Though I did have a great lesson on Thursday...

Tomorrow morning I have my first piano lesson! Ok, so I took piano in undergrad- as part of my degree requirements, naturally- but have not studied it since. Actually, because I had some pretty severe issues with tendonitis from the piano classes in college I almost changed my major so I didn't have to take the second year of piano. Well, as is my typical scatterbrained style, I decided I did want the full out Bachelor of Music and ended up taking the second year of group piano class at the local community college so it was only pass/fail and I didn't have to worry about tendonitis issues as much. Worked out well, and I was the biggest slacker with that class ever, but did manage to get my passing grade.

Here I am, almost eight years later, and I'm gonna take piano again. Turns out that if you don't use it, you really do lose it. Huh. Who would have guessed?

Tomorrow I will be showing up for my first lesson with a handful of borrowed (read: stolen from relatives and friends) beginner piano books to learn how to play. You see, my goal is to get more focused with my music by taking weekly piano lessons. Focus, focus, focus. Because paying someone to help you focus is always the best policy, I say. Why else do you think I spent so many years in school to begin with?

Wish me luck. No tendonitis this time around, and I can learn at a snails pace if I need to. You see, coordination is not one of my strong suits (I can't even walk a straight line sober, and in high school musicals I was banned from dancing- no joke) hence the fact that I had to white knuckle my way through group piano in college. I think private lessons are going to be more my style. And from what I can tell so far, the teacher I'm studying with is a bit on the "off" side so it should keep things fun and interesting.

Today's Recommendation: Teach an old dog old tricks, because sometimes it might be what the old dog needs to feel young again.

Bach Prelude No 1 in C Major (BWV 846)