musical instruments, sheet music One of the most played musical instruments is the piano, and I have to confess trying to learn it many times and always stumbling over having to read two staffs at the same time. I grew up on the violin and then took up the cello, so my brain is stuck on reading one ledger of music at a time. I have found some piano lessons online that I might sign up for. I am so close to buying a keyboard online and if I think that the online approach will work, I'll order it today.

I honestly think playing musical instruments is one of the best ways to keep my brain young, and I'd love to know my way around a keyboard so I could play the songs I want to learn on the violin or the cello on the piano first to understand the melody. When I took lessons to master the string musical instruments I played, it was always a big help when my teacher would pick the melody out for me to learn to play them. Hearing a piece of music is so different than reading the sheet music, so maybe it would be a good investment of my time and money to learn the piano and broaden my enjoyment of music beyond the strings.