Sunday, June 15, 2008

I can’t play the piano

Black old piano

Weinstein and Sons

52 white keys and 36 black

3 pedals underneath

Do re mi fa sol la ti do

Do ti la so fa mi re do

Chord C, do mi sol

Chord D, re #fa la

Chord E, mi #sol ti

Chord F, fa la do

Chord G, sol ti re

Chord A, la #do mi

Chord B, ti #re #fa

Song book with 89 songs

German, American, British,

Scottish, French, Spanish,

Swiss, Neapolitan, Irish,

Mexican, Russian, Polish,

Australian, Indonesian,

and Malaysian folk songs.

Along came Beethoven,

Mozart, Vivaldi, and Chopin.

Piano sonatas, and recital pieces.

Their music I tried to play.

I write and play my own songs.

What the hell am I saying?

I can’t even read a note.

6/15/2007

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