>I had an interesting insight yesterday. A friend came by for
>lunch, and, as I often do on such occasions, I played her a
>couple of the pieces I've learned most recently on my harp.
>This woman is an accomplished pianist/organist, but I wasn't
>shy at all about playing for her, and that got me thinking:
>when I played the piano for years and years, it never occurred
>to me to say to anyone, "Sit down and I'll play you the latest
>tune I learned on the piano."
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>One big difference, I think, is that when you play a harp, you
>get to look at the people you're playing for, whereas on a
>keyboard instrument you often have your back to them. I realized
>that this makes a real difference in the way I feel about playing
>the two instruments. (On the other hand, I never offered to play
>new tunes that I learned on the guitar for people, either.)
>
> | Good people and evil people
> Peggy Rogers | suffer about equally,
> krogers@xmission.com | but good people enjoy it more.
> | --Robert Grudin
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