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Piano Lessons is Noah Adams's delightful and moving

chronicle of his fifty-second year--a year already filled with

long, fast workdays and too little spare time--as he answers at

last a lifelong call: to learn to play the piano. The twelve

monthly chapters span from January--when after decades of growing

affection for keyboard artists and artisans he finally plunges in

and buys a piano--through December, when as a surprise Christmas

present for his wife he dresses in a tuxedo and, in flickering

candlelight, snow falling outside the windows, he attempts their

favorite piece of music, a difficult third-year composition he's

been struggling with in secret to get to this very moment.

Among the up-tempo triumphs and unexpected setbacks, Noah Adams

interweaves the rich history and folklore that surround the piano.

And along the way, set between the ragtime rhythms and

boogie-woogie beats, there are encounters with--and insights

from--masters of the keyboard, from Glenn Gould and Leon Fleisher

("I was a bit embarrassed," he writes; "telling Leon Fleisher about

my ambitions for piano lessons is like telling Julia Child about

plans to make toast in the morning") to Dr. John and Tori Amos.

As a storyteller, Noah Adams has perfect pitch. In the

foreground here, like a familiar melody, are the challenges of

learning a complex new skill as an adult, when enthusiasm meets the

necessary repetition of tedious scales at the end of a twelve-hour

workday. Lingering in the background, like a subtle bass line, are

the quiet concerns of how we spend our time and how our priorities

shift as we proceed through life. For Piano Lessons is

really an adventure story filled with obstacles to overcome and

grand leaps forward, eccentric geniuses and quiet moments of

pre-dawn practice, as Noah Adams travels across country and

keyboard, pursuing his dream and keeping the rhythm.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

JANUARY

Why does a fifty-one-year-old

man decide he has to have a

piano?

FEBRUARY

Here comes the truck! What

do I do now?

MARCH

Getting past middle C with

a computer looking over my

shoulder

APRIL

The oldest piano in the

world plus the sweet

inspirations of rock and roll

MAY

John Grisham? I've met him.

He's rich. Bet he can't play

the piano

JUNE

The attack of the humidity

monster and a songwriter's

million-selling moment

JULY

Throwing a firefly to Kansas

could be easier than learning

"Misty"

AUGUST

I'm riding this piano bicycle

through the puddles, and

there's a big wet streak up

my back

SEPTEMBER

An assignment in Ireland,

two weeks off in Maine.

What's a piano?

OCTOBER

Salvation at a music camp,

but they make me play in

front of people

NOVEMBER

A Vermont guy who loves

free pianos and a New York

teacher who adores Steinways

DECEMBER

My wife falls in love with a

piano player in a tuxedo, and

the night is still young

Afierword

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Piano Lessons is Noah Adams's delightful and moving chronicle of his fifty-second year--a year already filled with long, fast workdays and too little spare time--as he answers at last a lifelong call: to learn to play the piano. The twelve monthly chapters span from January--when after decades of growing affection for keyboard artists and artisans he finally plunges in and buys a piano--through December, when as a surprise Christmas present for his wife he dresses in a tuxedo and, in flickering candlelight, snow falling outside the windows, he attempts their favorite piece of music, a difficult third-year composition he's been struggling with in secret to get to this very moment. Among the up-tempo triumphs and unexpected setbacks, Noah Adams interweaves the rich history and folklore that surround the piano. And along the way, set between the ragtime rhythms and boogie-woogie beats, there are encounters with--and insights from--masters of the keyboard, from Glenn Gould and Leon Fleisher ("I was a bit embarrassed," he writes; "telling Leon Fleisher about my ambitions for piano lessons is like telling Julia Child about plans to make toast in the morning") to Dr. John and Tori Amos. As a storyteller, Noah Adams has perfect pitch. In the foreground here, like a familiar melody, are the challenges of learning a complex new skill as an adult, when enthusiasm meets the necessary repetition of tedious scales at the end of a twelve-hour workday. Lingering in the background, like a subtle bass line, are the quiet concerns of how we spend our time and how our priorities shift as we proceed through life. For Piano Lessons is really an adventure story filled with obstacles to overcome and grand leaps forward, eccentric geniuses and quiet moments of pre-dawn practice, as Noah Adams travels across country and keyboard, pursuing his dream and keeping the rhythm.