Daily writing prompt

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?

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I wish I had the ability to write words that were succinct, that penetrated the soul and cut to the chase and were so convincing that despots would be convicted and evil would disappear and wars would stop and the human race could get on with the work of tending the garden.

Since that is unlikely to happen anytime soon, I’d settle for being able to sit at the piano and sight read any piece of music.

Daily writing prompt

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?

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I play the piano by ear– I hear tunes and chords in my head and can sometimes work them out on the keyboard. But I’d much rather have the ability to sight read music. I can make sense of the right hand, but the left hand takes me a while to decipher. And note value and time signature still mystify me.

I know it’s always been a matter of practice, but I’ve never taken the time nor made the effort. Guess there’s no time like the present.