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On a quest: Alan Attwood learns to play Beethoven’s Moonlight sonata on the piano at 57 – Sydney Morning Herald
Learning Beethoven’s famous Moonlight Sonata is a tough call at the best of times – even more so when you’re in your late 50s and have never played the piano.
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Piano for Beginners. Lesson three. Our teacher, Ysolde, compares learning piano to driving lessons: playing different things with each hand is like working the clutch and accelerator using two feet. Its a good analogy. This is an adult-education class: most of us learnt to drive in manual cars. Ysolde is brutally candid. If you want instant gratification, eat chocolate. Dont take up a musical instrument.
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