In which Clare is a twonk
Wednesday, 28 April 2004 12:25![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apollaI am a total twonk.
I bought a couple of v. cheap music books online the other day from a place I've used before (for the Complete Led Zeppelin, if you were wondering. I know you weren't). One was called 'Piano Time Classics', which I bought chiefly for Albinoni's Adagio, although I knew I'd like the rest. I was hoping it would be simple enough for me to translate into guitar, which it is. Mind you, it's so simple that the Adagio fits onto one page. Ah well.
But also, and this is where my candidacy for twonkiness comes in, I bought Franz Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3 because well, ever since seeing Lisztomania I've really loved it. It wasn't in the book, so I got a single copy of the piece for like, 2 quid.
I forgot one small detail.
Franz Liszt was a piano virtuoso with god-given talent and some of the longest fingers ever. He wrote music that reflected this. I am a girl who took keyboard lessons for about six years but never practiced much and despite quite long fingers (although I've heard these aren't really a requirement, more an aid) I will never ever ever be described as a virtuoso at anything, least of all piano. I didn't even do that for my GCSE music in the end (I did guitar and singing, a reflection of my life today, I suspect). Even then I got a C.
Looking at this music, there's no way in heaven, hell or anywhere in between that I'm ever going to be able to play this properly. Not least that my keyboard is 250 miles away. Ah well, I'll have a go, and if I break my fingers, at least I tried.
I bought a couple of v. cheap music books online the other day from a place I've used before (for the Complete Led Zeppelin, if you were wondering. I know you weren't). One was called 'Piano Time Classics', which I bought chiefly for Albinoni's Adagio, although I knew I'd like the rest. I was hoping it would be simple enough for me to translate into guitar, which it is. Mind you, it's so simple that the Adagio fits onto one page. Ah well.
But also, and this is where my candidacy for twonkiness comes in, I bought Franz Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3 because well, ever since seeing Lisztomania I've really loved it. It wasn't in the book, so I got a single copy of the piece for like, 2 quid.
I forgot one small detail.
Franz Liszt was a piano virtuoso with god-given talent and some of the longest fingers ever. He wrote music that reflected this. I am a girl who took keyboard lessons for about six years but never practiced much and despite quite long fingers (although I've heard these aren't really a requirement, more an aid) I will never ever ever be described as a virtuoso at anything, least of all piano. I didn't even do that for my GCSE music in the end (I did guitar and singing, a reflection of my life today, I suspect). Even then I got a C.
Looking at this music, there's no way in heaven, hell or anywhere in between that I'm ever going to be able to play this properly. Not least that my keyboard is 250 miles away. Ah well, I'll have a go, and if I break my fingers, at least I tried.
