Melody Instrument
I really want to sit down in front of a concert grand piano and play the melodies in my head. The only public piano I’ve found near Moos tower is in the hospital — its action is hopeless, and it’s stunningly out of tune. The practice rooms at the U are extremely well equipped… but essentially unavailable to non-music majors (and cost money to get time in, anyhow). There are a few slightly decrepit pianos in Coffman Union… but I just feel like a jackass playing in that type of airport terminal setting — just feels all sorts of wrong.
Other options… well, the range of musical expression obtainable from an electronic keyboard is dramatically reduced compared to the real thing — and it makes sense, since piano is largely a rhythm instrument.
But solo piano, well, requires a melody instrument with nuance in expression that electronic keyboards don’t provide. So I don’t know what to do. I want to push these ideas out of brain, down nerves, to finger tips. And who knows, maybe these melodies are awful — I won’t know until I give them a chance.