I started to learn how to play piano when I was seven and continued lessons until early high school. I didn’t have a lot of time to play during high school and it wasn’t until the shelter in place that I genuinely appreciated being able to play piano. Even though I hadn’t had a lesson in years, I still remember enough to take on almost any song I want to learn.
This has been particularly helpful when I want to learn the piano version of songs I listen to now. Over the past year I’ve taken the time to learn pieces ranging from “Bohemian Rhapsody” to songs from a musical called Dear Evan Hansen, and most recently songs by the South Korean group, BTS.
Now that I think about it, I think it’s so cool how one instrument can cover such a broad range of genres and mediums. Despite having only 66-88 keys, the possibilities truly seem endless when it comes to the piano.