I was fortunate enough to have instrumental lessons from a young age - including learning to read music in both piano and saxophone - although I pursued piano more as I really liked the classical tunes that were on my keyboard and I always wanted to learn them!
So moving on a couple of years, at the stage I am now I would consider myself to be an accomplished pianist. By that I mean with practice I could play any piano piece that I wanted to, because I feel that I am at the level of understanding that enables me to confront any piece given to me, with a confident mindset to complete it.
The areas that I feel I am strongest in (in terms of musical theory) are chord relations, for example referring to chords in a key by their number ( IV V III etc.), and how they work with each other, what progression the song/piece is likely to take, recognising a modulation in a piece.
Areas in which I'm least confident include extensive knowledge of popular music, as I have mostly been into music from anime, obscure genres such as IDM, music from games and more recently jazz and Bossa Nova - I think the main reason for this is that as my main instrument is the piano, so perhaps I was drawn to music that was more satisfying to play on the piano.
I am very excited about opening up my musical vocabulary, as I am taking drumming and singing lessons and am planning to take guitar lessons when they are available, I think this will be a good way to feel more in touch with a wider selection if music.
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