Who is Bach?

Don’t get me wrong. I’m still very much into the piano lessons. But a fancy idea flashed over my mind on my way to the third piano lesson. I imagined myself becoming composer. If I could express my thoughts in music notes on a piece of paper, on a grand piano, bla bla bla, that would be simply awesome!

Writing and blogging makes me an active reader. If to read is to write, to play piano is to compose for piano, I believe. When I told Yi-hwa my driving force to learn piano, she gave me a CD of Pianist Glenn Gould’s interpretation of Bach’s Preludes and Fugues 17-24 for the homework. I listened to the CD as soon as I got home. I liked the music very much, but I had no ideas about fugues. I didn’t know how to report on my listening comprehension of Bach for my piano lesson next week.

During the third class, I was still struggling with the right posture and finger movements with the simple music notes. My index fingers stuck out, my wrists bent, my elbow protruded. And I still couldn’t feel the music with my fingertips.

But I am motivated just the same. I believe in the learning attitude. If I am neither a pianist nor a composer in the end, at least I won’t get Alzheimer Disease. I coordinate my limbs, I stimulate my brain by exercising my arms and legs, I infuse my body with melody and joy. I’m my own cheerleader. Go! Go! Go!