When I was around 10 years old, I wanted to learn how to play the piano and I think it was because I watched several series growing up. The characters I was playing musical instruments and in my mind, I also want to do that. So my parents booked me a one-on-one piano tutorial session. It was fun. At first it was quite intimidating because I did not know any other musical instrument on how to play it. And to be honest with you, it was difficult because back then I was still a child. I was small and my fingers could barely move from one key to another. If I will do an octave chord, so an octave chord will require you to reach from one end to another. a kid like me that was very difficult so I had to extend my hand which was painful after some time and thankfully my piano tutor she was very kind she let me do my own techniques although she also taught me the basic stuff and then years passed by I was still trying to practice and then I think I was able to do it successfully and it was the best decision of my life to learn a piano
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When I was around 10 years old, I wanted to learn how to play the piano, and I think it was because I watched several series growing up. The characters were playing musical instruments, and in my mind, I also wanted to do that. So my parents booked me a one-on-one piano tutorial session. It was fun. At first, it was quite intimidating because I did not know any other musical instrument or how to play it. To be honest, it was difficult because back then I was still a child. I was small, and my fingers could barely move from one key to another. If I had to play an octave chord, it required me to reach from one end to another. For a kid like me, that was very difficult, so I had to extend my hand, which was painful after some time. Thankfully, my piano tutor was very kind; she let me use my own techniques, although she also taught me the basics. Years passed, and I kept practicing. Eventually, I was able to play successfully, and it was the best decision of my life to learn the piano.
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