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

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Apoplectic Station
  01/03/26
No, no.
Smoky federal ceo
  01/03/26
and some people doubt you're an azngirl
Marvelous hominid
  01/05/26
I started at 28 iirc, I can play at beginner-intermediate le...
razzmatazz bright center
  01/03/26
as someone who took up another instrument as a young adult, ...
stimulating volcanic crater
  01/03/26
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Apoplectic Station
  01/05/26
luis did
purple home
  01/05/26
Seems CR if you can devote at least a few hours a week to it...
mint lascivious macaca
  01/05/26
few hrs a week doesn't seem like a lot.
Apoplectic Station
  01/06/26
I played piano at a high level as a kid, I won my age group ...
aggressive disrespectful private investor mood
  01/05/26
I'm white btw not a striver azn tp
Abnormal sanctuary sound barrier
  01/08/26
depends on what you're into. you can play and sing 95% of po...
gaped flirting striped hyena school cafeteria
  01/05/26
CR. Tbh just being able to play pop and rock songs is fu...
Charcoal racy garrison friendly grandma
  01/06/26
yes. its fun
Abnormal sanctuary sound barrier
  01/05/26
I'm going to be the world's first bald Jazz Guitarist
Laughsome Hospital Boiling Water
  01/05/26
many of the biggest names in piano began as adults -- horowi...
Sticky Address
  01/05/26
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Apoplectic Station
  01/06/26
didn’t william f buckley learn harpsichord from scratc...
Mind-boggling forum
  01/06/26
piano is easy to romanticize as an instrument, muh chopin an...
embarrassed to the bone overrated university
  01/06/26
JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF
trip pervert parlor
  01/06/26


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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:42 PM
Author: Apoplectic Station



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: Smoky federal ceo

No, no.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:36 PM
Author: Marvelous hominid

and some people doubt you're an azngirl

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: razzmatazz bright center

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

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: stimulating volcanic crater

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: Apoplectic Station



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Date: January 5th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: purple home

luis did

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:02 PM
Author: mint lascivious macaca

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: Apoplectic Station

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

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: aggressive disrespectful private investor mood

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: Abnormal sanctuary sound barrier

I'm white btw not a striver azn tp

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: gaped flirting striped hyena school cafeteria

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: Charcoal racy garrison friendly grandma

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: Abnormal sanctuary sound barrier

yes. its fun

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: Laughsome Hospital Boiling Water

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

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: Sticky Address

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: Apoplectic Station



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:37 AM
Author: Mind-boggling forum

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: embarrassed to the bone overrated 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: trip pervert parlor

JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF

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