tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29493438.post4281608261560234018..comments2023-07-28T09:17:44.526-05:00Comments on The Psaltery: It's HERE! Our new piano; on praying musicallyPsalmisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844681463669483309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29493438.post-46359072746906626562007-01-21T20:56:00.000-06:002007-01-21T20:56:00.000-06:00Thanks, both of you, for the kind comments.
P.S.,...Thanks, both of you, for the kind comments.<br /><br />P.S., I mean what I say about piano playing. It's like a musical learning disability. I can still play the pieces I slaved over to pass my piano and organ juries in college, years ago. Not well, but get through them. The problem is that nothing ever carried over. It's like having had to relearn every bit of technique I ever developed, for every new piece I was assigned. It was the darnedest thing my profs had ever seen. And talk about frustrating to me! Even today, I very rarely play in public. Today, however, I did "private hearings" for the church's pianist and for my own voice student (who had to miss worship this morning and thus hadn't heard the instrument before she came for her lesson this afternoon). That's the closest I've come to playing in public since a "minors" recital in college. I got through my two short pieces for folks today, and I'm glad, because especially in the case of the pianist, she needed to be able to hear at least a little bit of how the instrument sounds to the rest of us (behind the keyboard is the toughest place to really hear an instrument). But please believe me: I have virtually zilch natural talent for keyboard instruments. Every bit of ability I have, was very dearly bought in my younger years. It's a tool for me as a singer, conductor, and composer. It is not a gift which others are usually blessed to hear. I'm OK with that. As our pastor reminded us (through St. Paul) this morning, we need both eyes and ears (as well as feet and hands and noses and all the other parts) to function well as the body of Christ. This church needs me to be their "psalmist," not another pianist. We have a great one of those already!Psalmisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844681463669483309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29493438.post-40392905850303865652007-01-21T08:44:00.000-06:002007-01-21T08:44:00.000-06:00Sounds like a heavenly experience. And don't put ...Sounds like a heavenly experience. And don't put down your God Given Talent!<br /><br />BTW, this comment is coming up under a different blogger identity name, but I'm the same ol' PS. I messed up when I switched to new blogger.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083454353846306345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29493438.post-12412405923459872042007-01-20T15:03:00.000-06:002007-01-20T15:03:00.000-06:00Oooh, how lovely. I wish I could sit silently in ...Oooh, how lovely. I wish I could sit silently in the back and just lissten.Dorcas (aka SingingOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15626748280614018533noreply@blogger.com