i have taken formal music lessons since i was 5.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. The word \"piano\" is a shortened form of \"pianoforte\", the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from \"gravicembalo col piano e forte\" and \"fortepiano\". The Italian musical terms \"piano\" and \"forte\" indicate \"soft\" and \"loud\" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the greater the velocity of a key press, the greater the force of the hammer hitting the strings, and the louder the sound of the note produced and the stronger the attack. The first fortepianos in the 1700s had a quieter sound and smaller dynamic range. An acoustic piano usually has a protective wooden case surrounding the soundboard and metal strings, which are strung under great tension on a heavy metal frame.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Have you ever taken piano lessons?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Unfortunately I have not, however it is something that I would certainly be interested in! "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have never taken formal lessons but my grandma taught me how to play a few songs. Playing is not hard if the music sheets have the letters written by the notes but I just cant read sheet music for the life of me"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree with you on that, I once looked at my friend's music sheet and there were all sorts of melodies, rhythms and cords that were on it, looked so confusing!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It is! like just trying to identify what letter a note is takes way too long, I would hit a key and then have to stop for a good minute and then hit another key once I figured out the note! I dont know how people do that stuff"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Are you interested in. jazz music at all?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I dont know much about it or anything but I think it sounds really nice! "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Thats fine! It basically became popular in the 1920s and remains one of the most popular music genres today "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I can see why, its relaxing but not in a sad way, And it doesn't contain all the vulgarity of the music these days"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Its certainly different to modern music and is much more individualistic and authentic "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I agree, I would like to go to one of those jazz clubs sometime!"}]