After Hua Yan returned home, she kept the idea of creation in her mind, but playing an instrument and composing music are two different things. After all, producing a song is not done with just a piano, but requires the collaboration of other instruments and technicians. It's not something you can just figure out on your own.
Generally, it starts with composing the music, then adding lyrics. Adding lyrics is one thing, but composing the music is not something just anyone can do.
Hua Yan has lived through many lives and knows how to play quite a few instruments, like the xiao, guqin, guzheng, flute, and lute among other classical instruments. But to say she is proficient would be an overstatement. She can play them, but reaching a professional level is still far beyond her.
If there were levels for these instruments, she might be considered an expert among amateurs, but she is not worth mentioning in front of professionals.
