Choose The Triangle






by Xander Davenport


Like many youngsters, I was pushed into piano lessons at a tender age. While learning how to play the piano as a kid may have been a popular activity when I was growing up, not that many continued the lessons into maturity. Myself included.

Upon reaching puberty, pianos were out and electric guitars were in. Long days at the beach serenaded by the plucking of guitar strings and camping journeys accompanied by acoustic tunes made me hate the day my parents signed me up to learn to play the piano.

Moving ahead 1 or 2 years however the regret of giving up this art form slowly crept up on me. With electronic music becoming more popular, I started wishing that my piano teacher had forced me to continue, started dreaming of the career that would have been mine had I not put my piano up on sale all those years back.

My old upright piano started seeming cool again, the yearning for a new digital piano or electronic piano became stronger in my mind. Watching classic piano players and cool new keyboardist suddenly returned my long lost enthusiasm for the piano.

I started to look at pianos for sale to see how much damage these piano prices would do to my student budget. As it turns out, the damage would be heavy. I all of a sudden understood why guitars were such a popular choice among budding young musicians and how the triangle might be a desirable instrument choice.

My passion once again started to decline. I put that idea back in my dreams for the future pocket, together with a 10 room multiple level mansion in Tuscany, my red Lamborghini and my very own Richard Branson style tropical island. As it turns out, to buy a piano would see me go hungry for a few months, if not years.

A lesson for mothers and fathers of babies, steer your youngsters toward the tambourine or bongo drums when selecting a musical instrument to learn..




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