The only piano piece I know is the Chopin Prelude No. 7 in A Major. I think it is the one referred to by George Sand who said "there is more music in a tiny Chopin Prelude than in all the trumpetings of Meyerbeer". This piece is joyful and melancholy at the same time, a musical expression of the adage to "experience with joy the sorrows of this life." I learned this piece about ten years ago. My wife, who is a real piano player, showed me where the notes are. I play it after every tuning. I'd guess I've played it a couple thousand times by now. Not getting any better at it, but not close to getting tired of it. My original modest plan was to learn a new little piece, such as 'Fur Elise' each year. I'm about nine years behind on that project now. One thing I like about the little Chopin prelude is that it sounds wonderful on a Wurlitzer spinet as well as on a Steinway 'D'; but it sounds awful on any plastic (electronic) keyboard I've ever heard. So it's a constant reminder of the enormous gulf between real pianos and the artificial kind, and of the musical value of the work of tuning. The only tune I can play on the violin (fiddle) is 'Ahh Got a Hog in the Pen'. Walter Sikora, RPT Chapel Hill, NC
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