Like many people I gave up piano lessons in my early teens because I had too many extracurricular activities in my life and one of them had to go. At the time I hated my piano lessons and only started taking them because my parents wanted to have a well-rounded child. I took lessons for maybe five years and was just getting to the point where I could play the good stuff, like Bach, Beethoven and Mozart.
My mother has the piano I used to practice on at her house and it’s just sitting there collecting dust. There are a very few songs that I can sit down and play by memory and I think I’ve forgotten how to read music (at least the bass).
I would like to start taking lessons again, but this will be another long term goal, as once again my financial situation rears its ugly head. Even if I were to take lessons, I would not have any way of practicing as I don’t know anyone who owns a piano (other than my mother who lives 600 miles away).
