New weird musical instrument

Date: 6/14/2021

In this dream, I was back in middle school, but my high school pottery/sculpture teacher (JK) was there. Some middle school staff members were there too. There would soon be a musical performance that I was in, despite not having much musical ability, and absolutely no singing ability. I had this instrument (not a real instrument; my brain made it up), and I was supposed to play that AND sing. The instrument was weird and is hard to describe. It looked like cross between a Braille keyboard and an old typewriter. It had little keys with circular flat tops that stuck out, almost like tree branches. Each key top had a sticker with a musical note on it. I kept referring to that instrument as a piano for some reason, even though it was clearly not a piano; although, it made a similar sound to a piano. In most of the dream, I was practicing my performance in the art room. I was to sing and play a song with that typewriter-keyboard-“piano”....thing. Somehow, I was a prodigy because I could immediately play it well, despite having no experience. I looked at “sheet music”, which was really just a piece of paper with the note letters written out like “A”, “C”, etc. However, I was so focused on playing the instrument that I forgot to practice the singing part, and I am the WORST at singing. In the dream, I didn’t care about that; I thought “I’ll just wing it”. My old friend (EL) was there too. She could sing a little bit, but wasn’t proficient with the instrument. I believe she had the same instrument as me. I thought about how she would perform. I should have been more focused on my own practicing, though. I don’t actually remember the performance, or if it even happened.