For
a number of years I've owned one
of these keyboards (right). It's nothing
'special', just the one I've had
with the intention of 'learning
to play' stuff on it.
I
kind of gave up with that and
tried selling it on ebay for a
long while but no one was
interested in it at my asking
price (perhaps I kept the price
too high so it wouldn't sell and
I'd have to keep listening to it
beckoning... "play meee.... play
meeee..." So, this year (2022) I
begin by rekindling my original
intent. Actually it's December
28th 2021, but I have aptly
named this day (a Tuesday)...
Tunesday, and created this page
to document my progress.
[28
December 2021] I stuck at it for an hour* and can play the right-hand up to
0:37 at 50%. I can kind of do 75% but I want to start
incorporating the left hand.
*An hour for me seems like a good
start to develop my ability to focus on something I'm actively
engaged in, keyboarding is one such pursuit I'm employing to that
end.
[04 January 2022] I was curious to
see how much my progress had declined in the space of a week with
no practice and the answer, thankfully, was very little. After a
quick refresher and reminding my fingers where they were supposed
to go I was quickly back up to speed. I also found myself quickly
comfortable at 75% tempo (for the parts I can do). I tried it at
100% but it feels too frantic and not actually enjoyable to play
at this speed. I can play up to 1:24 now and can incorporate some
of the left hand with the right (I've been practicing more of that
on its own). There is a part that is just an octave higher, so
that is easy enough. My keyboard doesn't have enough keys down the
bass end so I'm having to decide for myself what to do here
compared to the tutorial. I stuck at my practice for an hour and
intend to return to it later for another.
For
a number of years I've owned one
of these keyboards (right). It's nothing
'special', just the one I've had
with the intention of 'learning
to play' stuff on it.