As part of my “rebuilding”, I’ve been working on my music on keyboards. I lost a lot of stamina and dexterity, so I need to get that rebuilt. The best exercises I had are a lot of songs from my past. Because of my inactivity, I had forgotten how a lot of them were played, so it was a learning experience. Probably easier for me to learn, since it’s in my personal style.
And it’s the personal style that really threw me. I never really had formal training, just learned and played by ear. But much later in my playing, when I learned “the rules”, I started writing with “the rules” in mind. So when I had to relearn my older music, it didn’t follow “the rules” and was more difficult to figure out. It made me wonder if breaking the rules is a good or bad thing.
I think my music is pretty unique, probably due to the lack of rule-abiding. That may make it more inaccessible, but that’s the price you pay.
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