Playing the Piano - 1 - The Beginnings

Around March 10th I got the itch to try to attempt once again to play the guitar, my last attempt was ten years ago. As luck would have it, Detroit PBS was running a show "playing Piano in a Flash" with Scott Houston during one of its pledge drives. I was hooked... I understood everything he was saying and quickly put a tape into the VCR.

Firstly, some background on me... "artist wanting to be musician". My prior experience in music was playing some songs on the guitar and two years playing the french horn in grades seven and eight. I say "playing the french horn" but I never got past some simple notes in two years. I passed it for two years but I think Mrs. Stewart had great pity on me... She was also my french teacher, the poor woman. I did change schools briefly for 4 months, and took up the alto sax. How stupid, going to an instrument with more valves.

I starting to understanding more about music when I played guitar, but since I didn't own the guitar my playing ended when the guitar moved away. I could play notes to songs such as "Both Sides Now" and was starting to play chords.

So back to the Piano... "Playing Piano in a Flash" showed me most popular music I wanted to play were simple chords, I headed to the internet. Found a wealth of info on FAKING, GUITAR TABLATURE, and EASY PIANO which all work on the some concept. There turned out to be a wealth of music and educational tools to download and buy.