Day 1

I got a Yamaha keyboard for Christmas and I am going to learn to play the piano. First off I am going to use Garage Band on my mac and follow the lessons. I got a MIDI cable from Thomann along with the keyboard to connect to the computer. At the end of each lesson is a tune which you learn to play along to by repeating it and getting scored each time. I am going to stick with each one until I can get above 90% at maximum tempo.
The first lesson has a pretty basic chord progression tune. Just hit 3 keys in the correct timing and you are done. I didn't spend too much time on this one.
The second lesson (Right Hand) is a much simplified version of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. Simplified to the point of only using one hand and you don't even move the hand. 5 keys, one under each finger. On slowest tempo I am getting close to 90%. More practice required. I will slowly move the tempo on this up to full speed and then move on.
As the name of the blog suggests I am going to try to get at least 15 minutes of practice in every day. This is not much, but every day should make it a reasonable test of whether or not I can do this at all.