Lynn has a wide musical background. I don't. In high school, I joined the drum and bugle corp. I had been impressed with drums for quite a while but teachers in junior high had asked me to just mouth the words to songs the class sang. Once, a music teacher had me listen to her play two notes on the piano over and over. I was supposed to tell her whether the 2nd sound was higher or lower than the first. After a while, I had more and more trouble telling which was higher. Lynn can begin a note, hit a key on the piano and the singing and the piano match perfectly. I can't even though I have tried.
She sang in choruses in school and church. She played the French horn and other instruments in high school.
I can keep a beat but I can't read music. Lists of activities for older citizens sometimes advise learning to play an instrument and learning other languages as valuable activities for older brains. So, about a month or two ago, I asked her to usher me into some basic piano lessons. She has picked a couple pages from "Piano for the Young Beginner". I have played both lessons several times but when she plays them without looking at the keys or the pages and does so with verve and spirit, I fear I might not ever get to be a piano pro.
