Relativity
In piano lessons, Emmett has learned to play an accompaniment part for Amazing Grace in several keys, and one version (in C) that uses 7th chords. Practicing today, I asked him to pick a version to play. He wanted to play in the key of D, but with the 7th chords, so I said, "Go for it."
Though he has these pieces pretty well memorized, but struggled a bit to figure out exactly where to put in the 7th chords. I don't remember exactly what I said trying to help, but he answered with, "But it's in D, so G is A!" It took me a beat to figure out what he was saying - that is not how my brain naturally works. When I told David the story, he didn't really understand what the point was, because that is exactly how his brain works.
Though he has these pieces pretty well memorized, but struggled a bit to figure out exactly where to put in the 7th chords. I don't remember exactly what I said trying to help, but he answered with, "But it's in D, so G is A!" It took me a beat to figure out what he was saying - that is not how my brain naturally works. When I told David the story, he didn't really understand what the point was, because that is exactly how his brain works.
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