Suatu hari… gw kelaperan dan pergi ke toko…

[sebelumnya: iya iya tau.. gw norak hahaha]

Suatu hari di hari Minggu, gw klaperan. Jadi gw ke suatu toko dengan menggunakan pakean seadanya… Trus ya karena gw masih normal ya gw bayar lah. Yap saatnya ngeluarin duit… Dengan lantangnya si penjaga toko itu bilang “san kuai qi mao…” (FYI, itu = $3.7 pake mandarin) Lah,, brapa pun totalnya, tetep gw bayar $10 lol… Lalu si penjaga toko bilang kembaliannya dengan bahasa yang sama dan trus bilang thx dengan bahasa yang sama.

Suatu hari lain, ga terlalu inget hari apa…
Gw ke toko yang sama, dan bayar juga pada penjaga kasir yang sama, dan gw dia berbicara dengan bahasa yang sama… padahal yang ngantri sebelom gw OI dan si penjaga kasir itu pake b.inggris… lol…

Suatu hari lain.. gw kelaperan lagi dan udah ga tahan banget.. sampe2 gw lupa pake kacamata gw. wehk.. ga ada pilihan lain lah, gw uda laper, trus baru inget di tengah jalan kalo gw lupa pake kacamata… (dodoll.. masa min 3 ga krasa hahaha)…
Yap, gw pergi lagi ke toko yang sama dan ketemu penjaga kasir yang sama. Kali ini berubah wujud pake b.inggris hahaha…

suatu hari lagiii…
gw pergi bersama tmen gw, si prof mbah dilla… ke toko yang sama, dan bertemu dengan penjaga toko yang sama lagi. kali ini..
gw ga lupa pake kacamata loh, trus gw pake pakean seadanya (emang ada setidakadanya? hahaha)
dong dong…
kali ini dia pake b.inggris =))

[heuh,, gw mana inget bayar brapa aja.. saking seringnya ke toko itu =)) di toko itu juga ada beberapa yang jaga kasir tapi gonta ganti,, haha dodododododod]

Practice Piano without a Piano

Sometimes I’m busy with assignments, quizzes, or exams, or I’m lazy to go to a piano room. When that situation happens, I only have the choice to play piano without using any piano… [it's better than not practicing at all, right? ]

These are the things that I need to do such practice. [don't laugh ]

• The source: A piano score, a recording, or a song that has been memorized.
• The brain to imagine the keyboards of the piano and the sounds produced.
• The eye lids to help the brain to imagine.
• The ears to listen to the recording

This is how I practice piano without using piano. There are several ways according to the source.

1. When I only have the piano score
   While reading the notes on the score, I imagine my right hand striking the correct keyboard(s). After that, I imagine the sound that should be produced by the piano. I also do the same thing for the left hand part. Finally, I combined both the right hand and the left hand part and do the same thing.
   I usually do this for only a short part of the piano score and after I have heard (and memorized) the song
   If possible, I do the right hand and the left hand part directly at the same time.
2. When I only have the recording
   Same thing is done here, except that I should catch the melody first then the accompaniment. To catch the melody and the accompaniment, I sometimes close my eyes (that’s why the eye lids are needed — but sometimes I fall asleep because of this ). Usually I try to be as precise as I can, but I’m not used to this kind of practice……….. Well, this practice involves improvisation though… And I’m very bad at improvisation
3. When I only have the song that has been memorized
   The same as 1, except that I don’t have to read score. Additionally, I close my eyes (the eye lids are needed again ).
4. When I use both the piano score and the recording
   Just pay attention to the notes (especially the melody) as the recording goes.
   This is usually done when the first time I learn the score. This can help me to memorize the ‘big picture’ of the score.

The effect of such kind of practice can be varied, depending on the intelligence of the brain. Personally, I think that musical intelligence and visual/spatial intelligence are highly needed to achieve the great effect.

But the best way to practice piano is to use the piano, isn’t it?