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

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Nubile Peach Stain Principal's Office
  01/03/26
No, no.
Odious Slimy Deer Antler Affirmative Action
  01/03/26
and some people doubt you're an azngirl
pea-brained charismatic mad-dog skullcap
  01/05/26
I started at 28 iirc, I can play at beginner-intermediate le...
Slate electric hospital
  01/03/26
as someone who took up another instrument as a young adult, ...
galvanic bat-shit-crazy resort
  01/03/26
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Nubile Peach Stain Principal's Office
  01/05/26
luis did
Thriller Public Bath
  01/05/26
Seems CR if you can devote at least a few hours a week to it...
violent coldplay fan potus
  01/05/26
few hrs a week doesn't seem like a lot.
Nubile Peach Stain Principal's Office
  01/06/26
I played piano at a high level as a kid, I won my age group ...
Smoky Free-loading Fortuitous Meteor
  01/05/26
I'm white btw not a striver azn tp
arousing pontificating sex offender
  01/08/26
depends on what you're into. you can play and sing 95% of po...
Stimulating hot corner fanboi
  01/05/26
CR. Tbh just being able to play pop and rock songs is fu...
sickened spectacular queen of the night church
  01/06/26
yes. its fun
arousing pontificating sex offender
  01/05/26
I'm going to be the world's first bald Jazz Guitarist
contagious amethyst bawdyhouse organic girlfriend
  01/05/26
many of the biggest names in piano began as adults -- horowi...
insane range
  01/05/26
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Nubile Peach Stain Principal's Office
  01/06/26
didn’t william f buckley learn harpsichord from scratc...
Spruce alcoholic nursing home half-breed
  01/06/26
piano is easy to romanticize as an instrument, muh chopin an...
talking love of her life
  01/06/26
JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF
Hairraiser plaza
  01/06/26


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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:42 PM
Author: Nubile Peach Stain Principal's Office



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: Odious Slimy Deer Antler Affirmative Action

No, no.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:36 PM
Author: pea-brained charismatic mad-dog skullcap

and some people doubt you're an azngirl

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: Slate electric hospital

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

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: galvanic bat-shit-crazy resort

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: Nubile Peach Stain Principal's Office



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Date: January 5th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: Thriller Public Bath

luis did

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:02 PM
Author: violent coldplay fan potus

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: Nubile Peach Stain Principal's Office

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

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Smoky Free-loading Fortuitous Meteor

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: arousing pontificating sex offender

I'm white btw not a striver azn tp

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: Stimulating hot corner fanboi

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: sickened spectacular queen of the night church

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: arousing pontificating sex offender

yes. its fun

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: contagious amethyst bawdyhouse organic girlfriend

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

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: insane range

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: Nubile Peach Stain Principal's Office



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:37 AM
Author: Spruce alcoholic nursing home half-breed

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: talking love of her life

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: Hairraiser plaza

JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF

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