'Sara' sheet music query

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Originally Posted by Wdm6789

I'm really jealous. I played the piano when I was a kid, my parents made me take lessons for like three years. I got to be pretty good. I didn't stick with it though and I definitely regret it. I don't even remember how to read music anymore. I wish I could still play, mainly so I could play Sara on the piano. Hopefully someday I'll have the time to take lessons again.

I never took a lesson in my life. I was in band in high school, but I'm 43 now. I'm teaching myself, so I would probably give any piano teacher out there heart palpitations with my methods. Aside from the emotional attachment of the song, I chose Sara because I knew it would be fairly easy, it's the same 3 phrases repeated at various intervals.
The trick is, knowing I'm not learning piano in order to perform, or songwrite or anything. I just want to be able to sit down and play some of my favorite songs myself, in my own home (ok, MAYBE I'll throw on a shawl). Once I believed that, it's gone very well. I can just learn at my own pace, for myself.