Piano Update

I’ve been playing piano for about 7 weeks so far. I’m on lesson 9 of Bill Hilton’s Piano For Beginners. That’s about one a week, which I think is the designed pace. I’ve also been doing the odd bit of improvisation, again based on some Bill Hilton videos.

The main thing that’s still a struggle is bass clef reading. Years of reading just treble mean I have to think a little every time. Getting better with doing it though, just not as natural yet. Otherwise the expected coordination fun, especially when getting to different rhythms in each hand. The main thing is the slow improvement over time, and that I’m enjoying it.

Currently I’ve settled into 20–30 minutes morning practice, which feels like a maintainable amount. More might be something to work to, but less and ensuring it happens daily seems more important for now.

I’m intending to continue with the above series, given there’s 20 or so, I’ll only have to think about what next in a few months. By then I should have more of an idea about what the next step could and should be.

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