Before the Clavie

Age: 22
Sex: Male
Location: Singapore
Musical background: 4 months of weekly piano lessons for complete beginners + 2 months of weekly basic pop piano improvisation lessons + 3 2-hour pop piano workshops + hundreds of hours of practice on a keyboard (and digital piano, but mostly on a keyboard at home) + intensive piano-theory learning online

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Diary of a Semi-Blind Beginner Pianist

Yes, I'm sight-impaired -- and yes I'm a beginner pianist:)
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Learning to "create" music has been an awesome journey thus far -- and though it hasn't been exactly easy, the sound of the piano beingtuned into a recognisable song has made practice seem almost effortless. The additional depth in the sound when played with a digital or acoustic piano has made listening to my playing almost narcissistic-ally pleasurable, LOL...

I liked the feel and sound so much that I placed an order for a Yamaha Clavinova CLP-340, even after having started my temporary break from piano lessons. Besides, I needed something with weighted keys and a sustain pedal to practise on, now that I'm no longer eligible to practise in school for free -- and the keyboard I received as a birthday present from friends though great, was a soft-touch one without a pedal.

Hopefully with the arrival of the Clavie, I'd be able to practise the basics lots more. I'm also mustering up the courage to create a YouTube channel so I'd be able to upload videos of my playing as I (hoprfully) improve along with time. I'll post the videos here to if that notion ever materialises:D