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everyone can play spontaneously, though making music fun is still possible for those that are not spontaneous players. Learning those pieces that you can play with others makes piano so much fun. For example, the simple techniques where one person plays one tune at the top end of the keyboard and another plays the bass are great spontaneous moments. I also learned that no matter how much I lacked the ability to play by ear, I could construct music, and began to compose, and here it doesn't take a great deal of skill, as the compositions can be written down either in proper notation, or in letters and the left hand and right hand developed to work together to make compositions.

Playing the piano is a wonderful gift, and no matter what level of player you are, development of your own skills takes time, patience and practice, though can be achieved. I will never be a concert pianist, though my love of music takes me beyond what lessons can teach me, to a world where my fingers run and skip across the keyboard for pleasure, making mistakes that I learn from, though never limited by anything except my own imagination.

It doesn't matter that what I play is not technically perfect. What matters is that the musical instrument is a source of pleasure and learning, and a pass time that fills me with inspiration.

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