music to my ears

Last Sunday was Cerise's piano recital. Her second since she started learning in October. She played two pieces this time, "Lightly Row" and "Once Upon a Time", both of which were her personal choices; each lasting about a minute. She did perfectly well. I was amazed at how calm she was. I just don't think nervousness is in her vocabulary.

Two other girls impressed the audience. A six year old who played the violin (serious sa career) and a 10 year old who played the piano. I almost didn't want her to stop.

Cerise's special guest was her friend Abby.

Did you know???...
The word piano is a shortened form of the word pianoforte, which is seldom used except in formal language and derived from the original Italian name for the instrument, gravicèmbalo col piano e forte (literally harpischord with soft and loud). This refers to the ability of the piano to produce notes at different volumes depending on how the keys are pressed.

Although there were various crude earlier attempts to make stringed keyboard instruments with struck strings, it is widely considered that the piano was invented by a single individual: Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy. It is not known exactly when Cristofori first built a piano, but an inventory made by his employers, the Medici family, indicates the existence of a piano by the year 1700. The three Cristofori pianos that survive today date from the 1720s.