I always get the chord wrong when I think “don’t get the chord wrong”, piano improvisation #013
Whenever we’re faced with an important task, our greed to excel at it ends up becoming a burden. We hate ourselves when we really want to do well but I also don’t want to put in the required effort, and sometimes we hold on to a vague expectation that everything will turn out well even though we’re not doing anything.
When we think about the task a lot, it’s because we’re thinking about it a lot. When we don’t think about it much, it’s because we’re not thinking about it much. Whatever the reason is, the pressure always seems to mount as time goes on.
For me, whenever I think, “don’t get the chord wrong,” I always mess up the cord in that moment. Even if it’s a chord I’ve never gotten wrong before. Today, I thought that perhaps the most important part of playing isn’t the clutter of thoughts (concerns) floating around in my head, but rather the tension that exists between me and the song.
Walking that fine line between not being too immersed in myself or too immersed in the song. Isn’t that sometimes the way to get the result I want?
So this time, I tried playing the way the music flowed, with no thoughts and no burdens. It is improvisation, after all :)
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