Turn to Gold

[smokingboot]

The sunshine came in, not with Spring's pale clarity, but the deeper rounder yellow that seems like such a laughing colour; Summer is not so far away.

I'm trying to learn how to read music. It makes no sense! Who divides the line into five mini-lines and then starts on the second one up? Counting up from E on the bottom line to work out what the other notes are, whut? Why can't it be eight lines for an octave, with the lowest note starting on the lowest line? A half hour lesson baffles me so much I have to stop, to spend time mulling it over and still be unsure. Here's the horrible truth; they call Music another language? Pah! Music is pretty maths. Fact.

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[smokingboot]

I think you are right about the suspension of disbelief, and possibly the keyboard too, as my husband is threatening to get me one as an educational aid. I don't think he accepts that it's a peril to his own peace!

[thisnewday]

"...a peril to his own peace!" Hahaha, so true. After some research, I decided on a very portable 44-key Casio for my grandson.

Being half the size of a standard keyboard, it didn't quite represent the full scale (unfortunate and unintentional word play) of the concept I was trying to teach but captured enough of the so-called grand staff--with middle C in, well, the middle--to demonstrate the principle.

However, to your point, it did have a volume control, headphone jack and, most importantly, would mostly be used at his mother's house, lol.

Wishing you and yours the unfettered blessing and joy of music!