#MY FAMILY HAS A GRAND but it was an heirloom and the soundboard is kinda fucked

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Piano supremacy imho haha. So my grandmother was my teacher, I'd been taking lessons ever since I could remember - going from a 16 key toy piano to finally acquiring my own baby grande. I also played in my high school band - bass and bells too. I played all the way up until my grandma retired, when I was 15 😭 so it's been quite a while 💀 Mainly I quit bc her recitals frustrated me but one day I'd love to return just for fun to do covers of all the awesome music I've discovered since!

wowie that's a lot of years! yeah, i get the recitals bit. it can be fun to play for people but when the purpose of learning piano isn't at the core to enjoy/explore practicing and cultivating the skill, and is rather to "perform well," it can get exhausting. i definitely don't plan to do much "formal" playing for awhile after my exams, because ive experienced the joy being sucked out of it in that way before