I had always wanted to play the keyboard but never really took the time to learn it. Finally about nine months ago I decided to quit messing around and start taking some lessons to learn how to play the keyboard. I found some really good, free online tutorials that I tried out and pretty soon I was playing familiar little jingles. However, after the first few weeks my motivation was starting to wave and I was slacking on my keyboarding practice.
Anyone can take the time learn a couple songs of the piano or keyboard but without keyboarding practice those songs you learned are never going to say in your head. I think I just got so confident with how quickly I learned the easy stuff that I underestimated how much work you have to put in. I was ranting and raving to my friends that I was learning the keyboard but when they came over to hear me play, I couldn't remember anything but the first three notes of the song.
I was so embarrassed and although they were my friends and understood, I still felt like a complete idiot. I explained to them that it was my fault for not following through with the keyboarding practice like I was supposed to and that is why my skills had worn off pretty quickly. After that I started taking my keyboard playing a bit more serious. I made sure I practiced at least two or three times a week for at least 45 minutes to an hour on top of watching online videos and tutorials for new skill sets.
Now that I have been practicing more I can already tell the improvement in not only how I am playing, but how I remember the lessons too. My cousin, Shelly, is getting married next spring and she has even asked me to play the wedding march when she walks down the aisle. I have about seven months to perfect it so I am not too worried about how I will play but I was so flattered when she asked me to do it. Keyboard practice will be more important than ever now because I would hate to be the thing that went wrong on the most important day of her life. I'm sure my family and friends wouldn't be so understanding if that were to happen.
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