Coming to enjoy an accompaniment in a warm embrace during the day
- 1 day ago
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I remembered recently that when I was younger, I used to take music in school and also practice on my own for making some music. It was an incredible experience, and I also remembered how much playing music was a great output for my thoughts and emotions. I realized if I were not trying to accomplish music as a profession it wasn’t in my life anymore, but I knew it was still a great way to express and flow through your emotions. I found a harmonica stored around my home and I realized it might be a good idea just to try and learn for my own enjoyment. I looked up the price for what it went for and what type of instrument it was. It was a beginner to intermediate harmonica, and it went for about $20.00 to $30.00 online for purchase. It looked like it was barely used, and I decided to get a case for it. The case was about $15.00, and I ordered it to have a safe place to store it. After I had cleaned up the harmonica, I woke up the next day and planned to do some research and tutorials on YouTube to learn how to play it in the afternoon. Mid-day arrived and while I watched and learned how the instrument worked and how to play, I ended up learning how to make a good sound in the harmonica. I then placed it on my lips and tried to make a sound. As I began to experiment with sound and learning the instrument I noticed the feeling of working with an instrument and producing a sound was a verry relieving and therapeutic feeling. As I kept trying to grasp the sound and play the harmonica I realized that I had an item that through the interaction of playing it I felt more relived from processing my emotions that day and it flowing with how I tried to make a good sound in the harmonica. I tried learning and practicing for about 15 min. As I came to the conclusion from my learning session, I noticedt my thoughts were clearer and I was much more at ease that day. I know now that even though there’s not much perspective on the potential of playing my new instrument, it was still a great experience to learn and do that day. I felt very ambitious to go out on the day afterwards.




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