

Chord Roots the Summer of 2000
As a young pianist, I remember being sent away from lessons one summer with the challenge to finish my theory book. By then I had taken lessons for 5 years and my teacher was ready to send me on to a more advanced teacher. I practiced diligently and couldn't understand why she didn't want me as a student any longer. The first round of tears. It got to be about August and I realized I had done nothing with piano since my last lesson in May, so I set off to work on this theo