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piano in the morning

piano in the morning

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Thao Nguyen
Aug 21, 2025
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Friends -

I like to meander on the piano in the mornings and I wanted to share with you in case you found it meditative, as I do. I put a black and white filter on as though that would dull the edge of vulnerability. I should have also worn a hoodie! :)

I want to better formalize and strengthen my foundation on piano which means learning actual form and songs and practicing scales and building chords properly and learning more theory and noodling less. I could meander all day but then I don’t (as has been made clear to me) actually improve in the ways I want. As such I’m keeping my wanderings limited to the morning, because piano time is finite.

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