I made a mistake I made a mistake on the
favorite piano my name is Andrew
ggarrido I'm an award-winning pianist
and musician and fewer than 10 years ago
I learned how to play the piano on
pieces of paper this is my paper piano
the third version that I drew I started
learning to play the piano on paper
because my mum had just been made
redundant and lacking funds to afford an
instrument or piano lessons I went
online and I drew a keyboard so I played
on the piece of paper
guided by sounds I was hearing on the
computer but after a while I just began
to hear those notes in my head I used
the paper piano between grades 1 and
grade 5 after which my mum saw my
commitment so she borrowed money from
family and friends to pay for a keyboard
that I could have at home but I still
had to continue to practice on real
pianos so often I would go round to
local houses who had pianos and I was
allowed to practice for an hour or so a
week on those I began a tour of practice
rooms
I'm now in my third of four years on my
current course at the Guildhall School
of Music and Drama and I'm loving it
really am I'm alongside many people I
think who have come from a more affluent
background I think it's fair the same
and it meant when they had the
opportunity to to study music they
started very young they studied with
very fine instruments and very fine
teachers and it meant they were best
place to go for the opportunities that
all of us were going after I made a
mistake I made a mistake on the paper
piano it's you make mistakes I don't
think there's been ever greater
challenge than playing on pieces of
paper looking back having done that I'm
quite ready to face any other challenges
that come my way now never underestimate
what you're able to do and if you think
you're at the limit of what you're able
to do try harder you can always give
more and you'll be surprised what you're
able to achieve when you really search
inside yourself for that willpower for
that strength to achieve what you really
really want to go
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