(03-04-2013, 07:15 PM)My Alter Ego Wrote: (03-04-2013, 01:00 PM)suggahinyerteeth Wrote: In the most recent pics of Haley, I noticed that her nails are shorter than I've seen her wear them before........(imagined Haley voice)"Bwaahahaaaa All the better to play keys with my dear!"
While it is possible to play with longer fingernails (been there, done that), if one is to press the keys the way one should, it is difficult. There is also the little problem of catching nails between the keys, which is a thoroughly unpleasant experience!
As I've mentioned before, I'm so pleased with this development. I have long thought, that given the family that Haley grew up in, that a.) it simply didn't make sense that she didn't seem to play an instrument; and b.) she shouldn't be relying on others to help her write "her songs." Now if she can learn to play well enough that she can get the melodies and chord structures down, she can turn to others for arrangement help, if needed, but she should reap the financial rewards with less "sharing." (Yes, I know -- sharing's a good thing, usually ....
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I think it's great too ...
... to a large degree it's a great thing for anyone! even that bank teller or supermarket bagger! I really gotta start playing that saxaphone next to my bed that's been sitting idle for 30 years!
I think I first stopped because I was self concious about the slight callous I got on my lower lip when I was young and single but... that was a really lame excuse.. mostly lazyness/sloth
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Haley doesn't need to be ~good~ at the keyboard for it to be useful ... doesn't even need to be 'fair' or 'competent' ... it is a very low bar of ability level for it to begin to be useful.
Given that she already knows music deeply (understatement much? lol .. she is a musical artist of extreme expressive ability!) even a minor facility of using basic chords with little melody or baselines could be extrodinary. Casey knows all sorts of intruments and all they can do with various lyrical and rhythmic embelishments and expression in themselves...
... yet, Casey also knows when less is more at times - especially in the role of accompaniment
.. CHFIL for example, is a level of piano playing that is more about minimilistic expression and timing of simple chords that could be well within Haley's grasp ... the musicality is already there ... the muscle memory for that sort of playing shouldn't be too huge of a leap for her fingers and mind to make.
Now.. if she were just going to play the piano Without singing .. without her singing giving something to bite into as it dug deep into the soul at times and flittered off into mindful delights..
... without her singing she'd need more piano
But she doesn't need to go there
