Reflection #16: Final Reflection

If I'm being honest with myself, I didn't enjoy this project as much as I thought I would. When I first got into learning to play the piano it seemed easy and exciting, but as time progressed it got more complicated and thus, more stressful. The main reason for why I chose to do this project is because my dad is an amazing musician. In fact, I'm convinced that he could learn to play any instrument in the world. Because of this I thought that there was a chance that I inherited some sort of musical talent from my him, but by the end of this project I can truthfully say that I certainly did not. With more time maybe I could be half as great as my father. Obviously, if you practice something enough times you'll get good at it, but it's hard to practice something if your heart just isn't with it. Anytime I was learning to play a song I'd just get really stressed out and emotional and just start banging on my keyboard. This is because I only ever like to do things that I'm good at, like math or swimming. I am certainly not good at playing piano, so I certainly did not enjoy it as much as I hoped I would. Learning to play piano turned from a fun way to spend my free time to just another school assignment. The only positive thing  I can say is that I did reach my goal for this project, which was to learn three songs, but in the end that doesn't really matter if my heart wasn't into it.