I thought it would be easy. After all, I play the piano! Eighty eight keys, 10 fingers, I already read music – in fact multiple lines of notes at a time. How hard could it be to play an instrument that produces one note at a time in about a 3 or 4 octave range??? Yeah, right!
The saxophone…that half-marathon…a new business…learning a language – Whatever your thing is, remember hard is what makes it great! Have a wonderful weekend doing the hard things!
An Encore Voyage 
You can do it Lynn. Keep practicing. I love the saxophone! My Dad played sax by ear. Self taught. He could make it talk to you! Just don’t give up, if it’s what you really want to do..That’s one of the last pieces of advice he gave me before he passed away when I took my guitar to the nursing home to play for him just after starting my lessons….keep practicing…Dave 🙂
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Thanks, Dave!
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I’m pretty sure you and your sax will be playing some sweet music together in no time! Good reminder to continue to challenge ourselves.
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Great quote. A variant I use is: I’m only happy when it rains, I’m only happy when it’s complicated from the Garbage song.
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Keep going, saxophone lady.
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Lynn, one of my favorite quotes taken from my favorite movie! I, too, played the piano and my dad played the saxophone. He made it look easy, but to this day I can’t get a decent sound out of it. Keep practicing! Clare
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Give yourself a break, you just started. And do remember that you are also blowing as well as “keyboarding”-that added dimension can kind of be like patting your head and circling your stomach.
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Thanks for the encouragement, Barb!
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I tell myself this daily. 🙂
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