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

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indigo bateful gaping
  01/03/26
No, no.
Adventurous crackhouse sandwich
  01/03/26
and some people doubt you're an azngirl
spectacular old irish cottage abode
  01/05/26
I started at 28 iirc, I can play at beginner-intermediate le...
Drab Shrine Turdskin
  01/03/26
as someone who took up another instrument as a young adult, ...
metal therapy new version
  01/03/26
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indigo bateful gaping
  01/05/26
luis did
emerald private investor locus
  01/05/26
Seems CR if you can devote at least a few hours a week to it...
Brindle puppy
  01/05/26
few hrs a week doesn't seem like a lot.
indigo bateful gaping
  01/06/26
I played piano at a high level as a kid, I won my age group ...
maroon milk mood
  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...
Stubborn coiffed international law enforcement agency
  01/05/26
CR. Tbh just being able to play pop and rock songs is fu...
dashing dragon
  01/06/26
yes. its fun
confused startling pozpig locale
  01/05/26
I'm going to be the world's first bald Jazz Guitarist
Dead deer antler gas station
  01/05/26
many of the biggest names in piano began as adults -- horowi...
Out-of-control church building
  01/05/26
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indigo bateful gaping
  01/06/26
didn’t william f buckley learn harpsichord from scratc...
Hateful hominid
  01/06/26
piano is easy to romanticize as an instrument, muh chopin an...
Bat Shit Crazy Territorial Background Story Office
  01/06/26
JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF
swashbuckling crystalline field
  01/06/26


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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:42 PM
Author: indigo bateful gaping



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: Adventurous crackhouse sandwich

No, no.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:36 PM
Author: spectacular old irish cottage abode

and some people doubt you're an azngirl

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: Drab Shrine Turdskin

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

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: metal therapy new version

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: indigo bateful gaping



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Date: January 5th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: emerald private investor locus

luis did

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:02 PM
Author: Brindle puppy

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: indigo bateful gaping

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

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: maroon milk 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: [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: Stubborn coiffed international law enforcement agency

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: dashing dragon

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: confused startling pozpig locale

yes. its fun

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: Dead deer antler gas station

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

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: Out-of-control church building

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: indigo bateful gaping



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:37 AM
Author: Hateful hominid

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: Bat Shit Crazy Territorial Background Story Office

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: swashbuckling crystalline field

JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF

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