Friday, February 9, 2007

My Instrument...





I really love music very much. I love listening to any kind of music. Because I love to listen to music, I also love to play musical instruments. I play some musical instruments but my favorite instrument is the drums. I love this instrument because it feels good whenever I hit it and whenever I do the drum rolls. I can also express my feelings whenever I play this instrument. I started playing the drums when I was in grade six. A friend of mine taught me how to play this instrument and it was just for free.

My first drum lesson was really hard for me, It was really very hard for me to coordinate my hands and feet. I really couldn’t coordinate my hands and feet and it seems like I was not interested to learn anymore because honestly, it was really hard. Although I was not interested anymore, I still came to his lessons but I just did it for fun and my mind was not open for learning anymore. But as I slowly practiced, I slowly got the pattern and I coordinated my hands and feet and I can already play some songs with just simple beatings. I was again interested to learn more of how to play the instrument. After how many months of learning and practicing, my drum skills improved and I can now hit the drums better than before and my drum rolls improved and it was better than my drum rolls before.

Until now, I still play the drums and I think I will continue to play the drums until I have kids. I don’t have drum lessons anymore and my friend can’t teach me anymore. Now, what I do so I can learn is, just listening to some songs and carefully, I listen to the drums and the way the drummer hit it and do the rolls. After listening, I then try to play the song and try to follow the way the drummer played the drums. Most of the songs that I listen to are songs that have fast beatings because I prefer playing fast music than slow ones.

Playing the drums is really fun for me. It really feels good whenever I hit it and whenever I do the rolls because it seems like my heart is jumping and rocking for joy. Whenever I play the instrument, it my heart really feels good and it relieves my sadness and sometimes cures my problems. It is also a good exercise for me because I move many parts of my body whenever I play it. After playing the drums, I really feel happy and I feel like relieved from my problems. The drums is really my instrument. Of all the instruments that I play, this is the only one that expresses my feelings a lot. I think this instrument is going to be my instrument until I become old but even if the drums is my favorite, I still continue to play other instruments.