My journey to learning to play was kind of long.
It started with a bang (literally) – the lights went off because of an Oklahoma thunderstorm and it was dark enough where we couldn’t even see to read.
I was 6 and got bored and asked my mom to show me how to play the piano (since it was the only thing we could see in the house lit with only candles – no tablets or phones back then – LOL).
Then around the age of 10 I started taking classical piano lessons.
I took some gospel stuff around 12 and learned some chords.
Around 16 I really got into gospel music and finally learned how to play in church around 17-18.
And trust me, there were HUNDREDS of times that I got frustrated and wanted to quit.
And in fact, I did quit. Almost everyday. LOL!
So you know, whenever you learn something new, it will usually be hard because it’s new to you.
So I would learn something new and practice, practice, practice it but it wouldn’t quite sound right.
But what I have learned is this: your brain takes about a day or two to fully process things.
So if you will practice something new the FIRST DAY. Then take a break for a few days or come back the SECOND DAY. and practice it again and then come back again the THIRD DAY and practice it…then you will probably get it the third day!
Then you just repeat this pattern over and over again for new things.
So if you quit, that’s fine – just don’t quit permanently (forever).
Just quit for the day and come back tomorrow. You’ll probably get it later.
God bless!
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