Passion for Piano

The piano is one of my best friends. No joke. Maybe a little... Anyways, I have heard people call the piano "the most beautiful instrument on earth". Well, you better believe it because pianos can be played at almost any age and there are so many possibilities that come from a piano. Musical composition possibilities. Oh yeah. I have made some of my own music, but it's not worth mentioning. Everything I play isin the key of C. If for some strage alienistic reason I end up making an album I will name it "Key of C". Sounds lame, but that's exactly what it is.

I listen to piano when I study, when I'm getting ready for bed, when I'm online, when I'm driving... I listen to music almost compulsively and whenever I do it's either cute love songs, country, or piano. Piano is music you can listen to anytime. It's awesome when piano is your favorite music. Youcan listen to it and it gives you double the peace and inspitarion. I also daydream a ton, so a good piano song can make me think for hours. But hey,

"Everything starts as somebody's daydream."            -Larry Niven

My favorite music genre is piano, no doubt about it. I'm not going to say it's the easiest instrument to compose music one, it's just easier than most. Sometimes I get so into piano I compose an entire song 20 minutes, but I usually don't have time to write it down and I end up forgetting it the next day. It's sad, really. But when a song I compose does stick in my mind I remake the song through Noteflight.

It's an amazing website where you can create your own music. The best part about this website is that there are multiple instruments to chose from, and the website play your notes outloud! Even when you first sign up you are given multiple instrument options, you can change the key and time signature, and you can hear how your music sounds as you're composing! It's a dream come true!!! I very much suggest this to you if you are someone who wants to compose their music digitally in the easiest way possible. 

For school I am required to write four small papers and one big research one. For one of my four small ones I wrote a long poem about how piano is so influential and truely is the most beautiful instrument ever created. I bet it's not even formatted correctly! Even though I've never been into writing poetry past Haikus, I thought this poem hit a home run.

Music is Life

Music starts to flow through your fingers,

The way a river flows through a valley,

It does not involve math, or numbers, or reading,

It’s about something else entirely.

When your fingers tap the notes,

Of those angelic keys you know so well.

Your spirit and soul will start to float,

As far as you eyes can tell.

It starts with a chord.

Then an arpeggio, mezzo piano, crescendo.

And soon you’ll tell you’re in another world;

A world of peace where melodies grow.

You’ve developed for so long

And now it’s time to show you can really shine

For when you start to express your heart through song

Beauty and peace will build line by line

Not by note,

Measure by measure,

You will start to find music is your greatest treasure

It sends a message pure

So clear to dazzling

Soon you’ll see that you’ve been lured

Back to that seat again and again

Suddenly your fingers stop

The fluttering they have done all along

The crowd cheers and everyone starts to clap

And you sadden because the song can’t be prolonged.

But you stand and bow

Like you’ve just changed the world

Because you feel something inside

That starts to unfurl.

You open your eyes

And you are sitting at your home

sitting on your piano bench

Where your imagination roams

You know you will play one day

On that stage shining in the spotlight

Because you know you can change the world

When you know that music is your life.

Pretty boss, huh? This is just what piano is! It makes you feel great things that you couldn't feel otherwise. It's truely something amazing.