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

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Sepia Mad Cow Disease Double Fault
  01/03/26
No, no.
mustard 180 potus
  01/03/26
and some people doubt you're an azngirl
Bateful swollen tattoo center
  01/05/26
I started at 28 iirc, I can play at beginner-intermediate le...
bespoke orchid garrison gaming laptop
  01/03/26
as someone who took up another instrument as a young adult, ...
Soul-stirring crusty office corn cake
  01/03/26
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Sepia Mad Cow Disease Double Fault
  01/05/26
luis did
Passionate regret
  01/05/26
Seems CR if you can devote at least a few hours a week to it...
mahogany haunting piazza idea he suggested
  01/05/26
few hrs a week doesn't seem like a lot.
Sepia Mad Cow Disease Double Fault
  01/06/26
I played piano at a high level as a kid, I won my age group ...
Mischievous histrionic rehab background story
  01/05/26
I'm white btw not a striver azn tp
burgundy pit
  01/08/26
depends on what you're into. you can play and sing 95% of po...
fragrant dragon range
  01/05/26
CR. Tbh just being able to play pop and rock songs is fu...
federal multi-colored spot party of the first part
  01/06/26
yes. its fun
burgundy pit
  01/05/26
I'm going to be the world's first bald Jazz Guitarist
bronze legal warrant
  01/05/26
many of the biggest names in piano began as adults -- horowi...
outnumbered factory reset button
  01/05/26
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Sepia Mad Cow Disease Double Fault
  01/06/26
didn’t william f buckley learn harpsichord from scratc...
insanely creepy orchestra pit therapy
  01/06/26
piano is easy to romanticize as an instrument, muh chopin an...
Rambunctious idiotic university
  01/06/26
JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF
Startling Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend
  01/06/26


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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:42 PM
Author: Sepia Mad Cow Disease Double Fault



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: mustard 180 potus

No, no.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:36 PM
Author: Bateful swollen tattoo center

and some people doubt you're an azngirl

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: bespoke orchid garrison gaming laptop

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

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: Soul-stirring crusty office corn cake

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: Sepia Mad Cow Disease Double Fault



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Date: January 5th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: Passionate regret

luis did

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:02 PM
Author: mahogany haunting piazza idea he suggested

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: Sepia Mad Cow Disease Double Fault

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

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Mischievous histrionic rehab background story

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: burgundy pit

I'm white btw not a striver azn tp

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: fragrant dragon range

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: federal multi-colored spot party of the first part

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: burgundy pit

yes. its fun

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: bronze legal warrant

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

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: outnumbered factory reset button

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: Sepia Mad Cow Disease Double Fault



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:37 AM
Author: insanely creepy orchestra pit therapy

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: Rambunctious idiotic university

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: Startling Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend

JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF

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