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Any bros here try learning piano as an adult from scratch? Worth it?

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Medicated Meetinghouse
  01/03/26
No, no.
sadistic generalized bond stock car
  01/03/26
and some people doubt you're an azngirl
vivacious pisswyrm theater stage
  01/05/26
I started at 28 iirc, I can play at beginner-intermediate le...
Ivory Dog Poop Orchestra Pit
  01/03/26
as someone who took up another instrument as a young adult, ...
deep hall
  01/03/26
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Medicated Meetinghouse
  01/05/26
luis did
aphrodisiac saffron rigor
  01/05/26
Seems CR if you can devote at least a few hours a week to it...
ruby clown weed whacker
  01/05/26
few hrs a week doesn't seem like a lot.
,..,,......,....,,,,..,.,...
  01/06/26
I played piano at a high level as a kid, I won my age group ...
Cyan tantric tanning salon
  01/05/26
I'm white btw not a striver azn tp
[deleted by poaster]
  01/08/26
depends on what you're into. you can play and sing 95% of po...
Translucent Associate
  01/05/26
CR. Tbh just being able to play pop and rock songs is fu...
abcxyzabc
  01/06/26
yes. its fun
Spectacular demanding twinkling uncleanness
  01/05/26
I'm going to be the world's first bald Jazz Guitarist
lemon outnumbered prole shrine
  01/05/26
many of the biggest names in piano began as adults -- horowi...
claret base
  01/05/26
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,..,,......,....,,,,..,.,...
  01/06/26
didn’t william f buckley learn harpsichord from scratc...
dr. keep-it-whimsical
  01/06/26
piano is easy to romanticize as an instrument, muh chopin an...
complex foreign policy objectives
  01/06/26
JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF
Ass Sunstein
  01/06/26


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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:42 PM
Author: Medicated Meetinghouse



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: sadistic generalized bond stock car

No, no.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:36 PM
Author: vivacious pisswyrm theater stage

and some people doubt you're an azngirl

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: Ivory Dog Poop Orchestra Pit

I started at 28 iirc, I can play at beginner-intermediate level.

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: deep hall

as someone who took up another instrument as a young adult, I would say no, the entire point is to do that while you're a kid and willing to practice shit endlessly

maybe a different answer if you're a multiinstrumentalist

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Date: January 5th, 2026 2:51 PM
Author: Medicated Meetinghouse



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Date: January 5th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: aphrodisiac saffron rigor

luis did

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:02 PM
Author: ruby clown weed whacker

Seems CR if you can devote at least a few hours a week to it.

Not CR if you only have an hour to play here and there.

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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:34 AM
Author: ,..,,......,....,,,,..,.,...


few hrs a week doesn't seem like a lot.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Cyan tantric tanning salon

I played piano at a high level as a kid, I won my age group for musicfest northwest, I played baby elephant walk iirc. I had great voicing. I quit in 6th grade cause I hated it and wanted to only do sports. I got a concussion in college and couldnt play football anymore and mellowed out and tried to get back into piano, a little asian twink gave me lessons in exchange for letting him hang out with us, and it was like starting all over again. I don't think you can do it. My mom taught piano lessons too and people who started as adults basically never got better or worth a shit. I'm white btw not a striver azn

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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:31 PM
Author: [deleted by poaster] ( o .o)

I'm white btw not a striver azn tp

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: Translucent Associate

depends on what you're into. you can play and sing 95% of pop songs within a couple years and write your own stuff which is fun. but if you're trying to play chopin or thelonius monk, you missed the boat unless you're retired and can devote 4 hours a day to it for 5 years.

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Date: January 6th, 2026 9:19 AM
Author: abcxyzabc

CR.

Tbh just being able to play pop and rock songs is fun. I enjoy it a lot. But agree no reasonable adult with a job and other interests is going to learn to play classical music at 30.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: Spectacular demanding twinkling uncleanness

yes. its fun

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: lemon outnumbered prole shrine

I'm going to be the world's first bald Jazz Guitarist

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: claret base

many of the biggest names in piano began as adults -- horowitz, richter, beethoven

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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:34 AM
Author: ,..,,......,....,,,,..,.,...




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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:37 AM
Author: dr. keep-it-whimsical

didn’t william f buckley learn harpsichord from scratch as an adult and do a concert in washington?

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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:43 AM
Author: complex foreign policy objectives

piano is easy to romanticize as an instrument, muh chopin and all that, but you need to fight off your natural autistic urges and just learn a few open guitar chords. a whole new world of chill frattiness awaits.

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Date: January 6th, 2026 9:07 AM
Author: Ass Sunstein

JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5816907&forum_id=2#49566187)