play the piano every day

Yesterday and today there was enough going on that it was hard to fit piano playing into the schedule. As a result, I didn’t sit down and write from the piano yesterday, like the previous two days. Instead I transcribed my notes from the previous days of song writing, and continued from there, by composing my ideas for the next song in the series…on paper. Might it be more possible to achieve my goals, if I don’t have to play on our acoustic piano which is right next to the big TV screen in our main room which would be intruding somewhat on our normal routine around here. I feel that I have to be pragmatic about everything, since headphones are not an option. So we’ll see how things go today and tomorrow.

Willingness to do this every day, still requires a huge effort to balance everything that goes into it. If I hadn’t talked to Leslie before I sat down to play today, I might have given up on my goal all together, as my attitude was balked by the need for this to be a practical set of goals, and not futile over a longer period of time.

Another effect that needs to be dealt with, is the feeling that my hands are barely warmed up before my lower back starts aching from the exertion. This is not a major obstacle, but hopefully will diminish as I get back into a daily routine of at least 30 – 45 min. of piano playing every day.

So today, when I started, I went straight into Song #2 (after having heard parts of the melody in my imagination, and experimenting with chords that fit the harmony)... which became the theme for today’s goal. However, when I tried to switch back to the song from yesterday (Song #1), I was completely lost at first, and ended up noodling around for over 10 minutes before I got back into the groove.

Today’s biggest realizations were (first), that I absolutely must get something written down EACH DAY or it will be gone when the next song starts circulating around in my memory, and (second), was that Song #2 is in 3/4 time, but yesterday’s groove was based on a faster 4/4 meter.

Both of these songs have potential, but if I don’t notate them, they won’t “stick” and no amount of playing will do anything but serve to barely improvise on the strength of the original inspiration point(s).

The ability to write a song per day, will automatically depend on my playing of the piano every day, since piano is my primary instrument as a musician. As a result, this goal is now being supported by my most recently added goal, which is to compose a piece of music every day for 30 days.

Well, maybe it was a bad decision because I wasted 13 years of my life for it. But I couldn’t do it anymore. Not when I eventually realizied that I didn’t like music that much and couldn’t understand it at all. So I gave up my piano lessons. I haven’t touched my piano for more than two monnths now. I’m not sure if I’m relieved or unbelievingly sad because of it.

In the last couple of days I felt sad for no reason and didn’t want to do anything. Besides I’ve got great music notes which aren’t too boring or too difficult. So I thought that playing the piano would cheer me up a bit. I played for more than an hour every day and it was a really great feeling. At the end it sounded good even on my old piano.
But finally a neighbour complained about me because apparently my playing was too loud and lasted too long. Well, what can I say? There are always people who can spoil everything for you.

I start to play and the next moment I remember I have something else to do. It happens even when I enjoy playing the piano very much. I think I do need some kind of pressure in order to do it.

Well, I did play the piano today. It lasted only 15 minutes and I played really dreadfully because I couldn’t make my fingers move in the right way and I completely forgot the sonate I’d played only a month ago. But that’s the beginning nevertheless. Maybe next time I’ll be able to play in order to cheer myself up and to express my thoughts and emotions and not only because I have to.

I started to play the piano since I was in the primary school..
As the year going by_{~I play less and less especially in senior shcool..I always say that I will never give up playing the piano but..I usually waste my time doing other things..oHsaying is easier than doing..!
I’m in my holiday now..so no more work but time..I will manage to play piano every day}~(^^)

I’ve changed to a different goal ‘play piano’, which I’m much more likely to succeed at!

So I’m failing miserably at this goal. I love my laptop too much. I have this crazy idea that when I’m on maternity leave I’ll have more creative energy and time to play, but I’m sure I’m just fooling myself.

However, I will not give up on this goal, rather revise it to ‘play the piano more’. That’s not such a hard goal.