I recently took a trip down memory lane while going through one of my old piano lesson books. Here are my observations:Page 3 – yep, this all sounds very familiar
Page 10 – Dance of the Hours sounds much like a Downy commercial I remember (you love downy, it’s so pleasin’, April freshness that’s the reason, downy softens like no other, daa daa dadadadadada, love your mother)
Page 14 – I thought I was soooo grown up when I got to play this song (Distant Bells) because I got to use the pedal
Page 22 – I am pretty sure my teacher gave up and let me pass this one early…I do NOT remember this tune combined with this rhythm
Page 26 – Pretty sure I drove everyone nuts with this one because I remember playing it all the time (Starlight Waltz)
Page 32 –Barb’s favorite? (A Journey in the Arctic)
Page 38 – Intriguing title, still hate the tune (Don Juan)
Page 40 – Another song on which I think my piano teacher let me off the hook
Page 50 – Okay so maybe I didn’t find classical music as such a turn off when it was only 1 page long; I must have started disliking it when I got the original pieces that were never-ending
Page 61 – I think that my piano style was already beginning to be established in this 2nd grade book. I loved this song (Deep River) and it is very similar to the style that I developed over the years…slow, feeling, thoughtful, simple but rich chords.
Page 84 – And there are still some songs that my teacher would let me skip today because I failed to get the timing right (see page 22 and 40)
