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Practice, Practice, Practice

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                                          Me standing beside one of the new pianos at the music store.  One of the benefits of studying music at Middle Age is that I, more so than younger students ** MUST** practice daily.   We adults do not learn new skills as quickly as do younger people Our brains are much more developed and therefore less malleable than the brains of children and teens.    I'd discovered early on in my music study that piano studio time became sacred time. With the help of World's Greatest Spouse, I created a studio in our home that is a sanctuary for me. I can enter that room, shut the door, and enjoy an escape from the insanity of the 24-hour-news cycle.                                              Me practicing uke at home...
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                  Hi, and welcome to my corner of the Internet.                         My name is Sarahbeth, and I am a middle-aged beginning musician. This blog will chronicle my joys and challenges {mostly joys} of being a middle-aged music student with some special needs.     I was born with a condition where the right and left hemispheres of my brain do not communicate with each other. I was delivered from my mother's womb with forceps, and it was {likely} during delivery that I suffered a brain injury  Piano is one of the few instruments that engages both halves of the brain together.    I've been studying piano with an experienced teacher for two years, and I can already see improvements in the fine motor skills in my upper extremities.  However, I would be remiss if I did not mention that there are social, emotional, and even spiritual ...
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