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Allow Me To Introduce Myself

Welcome to my very first post on my very own blog! I’ve been meaning to start this blog for a while now. I think writing about my learning experiences with music and hopefully interacting with others through comments or other means of communication will really inspire me (and others as well).

Firstly, I will give a short introduction of myself. Even though there is an About Me tab on this blog, I find it proper to at least tell you a few things about myself considering the fact that this is my very first post to this blog.

My name is Elise and I am 22 years old. I live in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario. I just finished my Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology this past spring and now I am working at a web-hosting company as a billing representative.

Did that sound enough like a cover letter for a resume? I think it did. Now onto some more personal stuff. Music? I play music!

I started training classically for piano at the age of 8 and stopped at the age of 18, right before I moved away to university. The highest certificate I achieved was my grade 7 practical examination with Conservatory Canada.

I used to absolutely hate training professionally for piano. I hated the technique, chords, scales, and all that other fingering stuff that sounded horrible and practically crippled my fingers. Over past 5 or so years that I stopped training professionally, I realized that I truly do have a strong passion for music and piano… just not the technique that goes with it.

Although I don’t like to admit it, I know for a fact that training all those years and perfecting my fingering technique has definitely helped my ability to learn songs and pieces.

Ever see someone try to play a few notes on the piano and their hands and fingers are just so stiff that they can barely stretch one note over? Yep. That’s where finger technique comes into play. It’s horrible to learn, but definitely worth it.

So, I plan on adding a few things to this blog and also plan on getting my main website (www.elisemoreau.com) up and ready to view. I plan on filming myself playing a few pieces and putting them in the Videos tab. I also have a ton of music I’ve collected over the years, and I think it would be great to share some of that music for free (the non-copyrighted sheet music, that is). I’ll be looking to put that underneath the Sheet Music tab, of course.

Please stay tuned for very frequent updates (I’m trying for daily postings here) and more development with the blog tabs and my main website in general. I was just so eager to start blogging, so here I am with my first post! Also, I’ll leave you with a little musical hint for the day to end each post nicely J.

Elise’s Musical Tip For The Day:

Getting back to my reference to stiff hands… Relax! When you’re playing the piano, try to touch the keys very lightly and gently. If you’re feeling stiff or frustrated or your mind is somewhere else, it’s best to leave the piano and find something to do to calm your mind (take a bubble bath, go for a walk, listen to soothing music, etc.). When you feel relaxed enough, come back to your piano. A relaxed hand is a much more effective hand!

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