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Piano Less*** 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 ambiti*** for piano less*** 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 ***, 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 Less*** 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

inspirati*** 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

m***ter and a songwriter's

million-selling moment

JULY

Throwing a firefly to Kansas

could be easier than learning

"Misty"

***GUST

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

teache***ho 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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书籍介绍

Piano Less*** 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 ambiti*** for piano less*** 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 ***, when enthusiasm meets the necessary repetition of tedious scales at the end of a twelve-hou***orkday. 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 Less*** 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.