Lifescouts: Keyboard

Hey!

I really want to come up with a cute greeting to use for these blogs, because sometimes I get tired of putting hi, hello, and hey. Any ideas for me?

This badge is for playing a keyboard.

Now to me, I don't see many differences between playing a keyboard and playing a piano so I don't understand why they are separate badges, but that means I get one more to claim. The only keyboard I've ever owned was a little toy keyboard given to me for Christmas by my aunt and I think only has 3 or 4 octaves on it. Even though it's small, I love it because it will record one song that you play at a time and teach you how to play 10 pre-recorded songs. Other than that, I've played keyboards at friends' houses just because it was there and they didn't have a piano. 

Sorry this didn't have a fun story!

Badge count: 21

Lifescouts: Piano

Hi!

In continuing with my Lifescouts series, my next badge is the piano badge.

When I was four years old, my mom gave me the option to either start taking dance lessons or piano lessons. I chose dance and so she set me up with ballet classes. During my first class, I got freaked out and started crying and stopped taking lessons before the first recital. Then she tried to set me up with piano lessons. The only problem was no teacher wanted to teach me because they didn't think I knew the alphabet or would sit still long enough to learn anything. Until she found my first teacher who was willing to teach me because I knew the alphabet. She was the best teacher and I remember every time I finished a lesson, she would let me throw a tennis ball to her golden retriever before my mom and I left. Sadly, I had to stop taking lessons because we were moving. Of course I found a new teacher and continued taking lessons until the eighth grade. I had gotten bored with playing the piano because I had seen all my other friends learning songs I wanted to play even though they were on lower levels than I was on and yet my teacher wouldn't let me play them. My first piano teacher always thought that I had great potential and would become a great and famous piano player someday. She even gave me a music composition book so that I could write my own songs and told my mom to keep her in the loop with any awards or competitions I won. I sometimes regret the fact that I stopped taking lessons and wonder where I would be with my piano playing if we hadn't moved. Nevertheless, I will still sometimes sit down and play some of the songs that I always enjoyed.

Badge count: 20