My first encounter with the piano centered around making up songs. When I started formal lessons, playing became about right or wrong ways of doing things. Had composition and improvisation been part of my early training I never would have learned to fear both. I've spent many years working to recover that innocent pleasure I had of just making stuff up at the piano.
Excellent. And I enjoyed the analogies.
Thanks Julian! I'm really glad to have you here :)
My first encounter with the piano centered around making up songs. When I started formal lessons, playing became about right or wrong ways of doing things. Had composition and improvisation been part of my early training I never would have learned to fear both. I've spent many years working to recover that innocent pleasure I had of just making stuff up at the piano.
That’s exactly it! Moreover, we learn so much when we’re having fun!