Over these past few days, I have been so BORED. We had one week off, which this holiday here in Costa Rica is called Semana Santa. Anyways, I couldn’t find anything to do so I was looking through my stuff. I found my old packets from the academy I used to go to. There were eight in total. I remember I hated those things sometimes. When I was small, the songs in them were hard for me and they were so boring, mainly because they were childish. I was looking through the pages and it brought back many memories like my teacher, who is now in the United States of America, and my classmates. In this instant I am thinking about them because they have been part of my growth of knowledge in music. I don’t know what they are up to right now and I really wonder. So that day I found the packets, and I started playing some songs. While playing some songs, I clearly remembered a few song for some reason. Maybe because it was my favorite song (out of all of the ones in the packet), it took me a long time to play the song perfectly, or it was just really funny. Just by looking through a bunch of music and playing some of them, time went by fast. I actually wasn’t bored that day. These are some songs I have played after finishing all those packets (in order of when I played it): 

  • Beauty and the Beast (keep in mind that this was my first song after I finished the packet, which was a long time ago :P )
  • The Entertainer – Scott Joplin
  • Fur Elise – Kinsky-Halm (It’s a CLASSIC)
  • A Whole New World from “Aladdin” – Alan Menken
  • Sonatine Op.55, No.2 – Fr.Kuhlau 
  • Couleur Tendresse – Paul de Senneville and Oliver Toussaint
  • Boogie on Down – John Brimhall
  • Ballade Pour Adeline – Paul de Senneville (Love this song; simple, but good)
  • The Little Negro – Claude Debussy
  • Gavotte in D – Francois Joseph Gossec 
  • Coup de Coeur – Paul de Senneville
  • Tomorrow from “Annie” – Charles Strouse
  • The Beautiful Blue Danube – Johan Strauss
  • Valse Op.69, No.2 – Frederic Chopin
  • Minuet – Luigi Boccherini
  • Through the Kaleidoscope – Steven Cravis   *MY FAVORITE SONG* 
  • Cascada – Alejandro Arguello C. (composed by my teacher that went to the states)
  • Marriago D’amour – Paul de Senneville and Oliver Toussaint
  • Rondo Opus 51, Nr. 120. Tori no Uta – Air 
  • Hammock in the Philippines – Steven Cravis (If you want to check out the music sheet, click here)
  • Houki Boshi – Bleach
  • Clair de Lune – Claude de Debussy  

As you can see I have played many songs over these past years. I really like songs composed by Paul de Senneville. They are really calm, relaxing, and some are romantic. Steven Cravis is another composer, whose songs are beautiful. I realized that I don’t really like to play classical music that much, it is usually harder. I prefer popular and anime. My goal is to replay all of these songs. If not, at least play the melody fluently. I have been playing some songs fluently, but they are not complete yet.