Hong Kong (3/24): Piano Lessons

Lately I've been thinking about flexing the old fingers and practicing piano again.  For those of you who don't know, I used to play piano.  a LOT.  Well .. a LOT for me, at least.  I mostly learned classical, but also dabbled in some other random stuff like blues and a few contemporary things.

Anyway, I saw a sign in Tung Chung for someone who was advertising to teach piano lessons.  I thought I would shoot them an email and see what the lessons cost.

It turns out that, since I was practicing regularly, a system of international levels and exams have cropped up.  I guess that's good for those folks who want to know what level they're at or how to grade and determine the level of students.  Personally, I've always thought that people can figure out how good you are by listening to you play.  Same with wushu.  Why do you need belt colors?  You can tell how good someone's wushu is by looking at it. 

ANYway, the tuition in Hong Kong seems to be charged by your level.  I didn't know what level I was so the teacher asked me to list out some of the songs I practiced.  I listed out the four that came to mind which I felt were the more challenging pieces I played: