Friday, August 13, 2010 . 8/13/2010 03:12:00 AM

Coming from a musical background (somewhat), I think I'm naturally attracted to musical instruments. Although I'm just skilled (well, maybe not so) in playing the piano, the keyboard, and maybe a bit of the recorder. And, because of a CCA I joined for a year back in primary school, the marimba (since it's just like a piano, just hitting the notes with sticks instead of fingers) and the angklung. 

Through the years, through the many genres of music and the many songs, I've had wishful thinkings of "I want to learn this instrument." "This instrument" refers to the drums, guitars, classical, acoustic and electric, the accordion, violin, cello, flute, keytar, harp, and maybe more. This is all I could think of. 

Okay, when I look at the list myself, I realized, other than the flute, I never really have an attraction to instruments that require me to blow into it. I never like the feelings of breathlessness. 

But despite the straying of desire to play other instruments, I still love the music that piano creates. The many many genres of music it can create. Fast, slow, soothing, angst, creepy, happy... I love how I can express all these into music. 

I still feel empty without my piano. I used to vent my feelings with the piano. Without it now, there's no other way to channel these feelings other than into my writings. I guess it's my way of substituting. 

If you ask me to play the piano now, I'm a little rusty now. I have a tendency to forget what I'm playing halfway (usually without my scores). But I still love the feeling of my fingers running across the black and whites notes. It's refreshing. 

Now just where can I find vocal lessons?

Here are some videos of my favourite songs to play. The book which they are from have already turned yellow, so you can imagine how many years have passed and I still love them. And yes, I do play at those speeds, sometimes faster.

And this one is the most memorable for being the song which I learnt all by myself (it's rare that I picked up a classical piece and learned without the guidance of my piano teacher then). I usually played it a little faster though (sometimes not a very good thing and I don't usually like to play fast songs).

This last one is extremely hard to find. The last one is already a piece that's popular with kids, but I still love it anyway. I finally found one that doesn't really involve kids(actually I found one with a middle-aged man, but there was that annoying violin playing behind him...), that make me feel that complex creeping up to me. This video though, I'll admit I don't play as fast as this guy, but it's still rather close, the speed. Mind you, this song takes up a good 6 pages in my book. The first two only takes to four pages, and the thirds takes only two.