Mozart Poopzart
I must be musically challenged. As I sat in my guitar lesson today, I suddenly remembered why I quit piano and violin. I never feel so helpless, stupid, and frustrated as I do when I'm learning to play some kind of instrument. The only advancement I made musically in my fifteen years is learn to sing on key (and that was only discovered very recently when we went karaoke-ing.) Usually, I excel in everything whether or not I put in actual effort. But music is really my downfall. I just don't get it. I see my teacher getting less patient, I see that look in his eyes that accepts that I'm slow. If I were in a classroom setting, I'd be the pothead sitting in the back. The sad thing is, I try. I really, really do put in effort, but when I'm sitting there, I can't concentrate, I can't understand, and I can't even hear him. I feel myself tearing up and the only thing that keeps me from crying is my pride. He's so nice, too. I'm just an idiot student.

3 Comments:
Musically challenged isn't necessarily a horrible thing. Think about it. Other than your iron deficiency which causes you to chug down liquid from some nasty looking brown bottle, you aren't physically challenged.
You sure as hell aren't mentally challenged.
And you aren't socially challenged.
And if it makes you feel better, I have been playing piano for over four years (almost five, I think), and I can barely play.
Not kidding. I can't read the notes for my left hand. I never learned them.
No joke.
2:33 PM
Music is an entirely different thing than anything else you will ever do. It's language and coordination and agility (in your fingers) and strength and all these things that don't go together but somehow... do. Trust me. I have played violin for eight years, and I'm only semi-okay. I can read the notes, which is good. But, then, that's the easiest thing to get. You'll get those down soon, I promise. The rest is all up to you. :)
10:40 PM
i would just like to say:
poopzart rhymes with fart. (if said properly)
oh, and worst come to worst, you can just go play the spoon.
ps: note how this story sends people (ie. peggah and bailey) into accounts of their own experiences. interesting, huh?
5.8.10 - guess what.
3:36 PM
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